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AFRL Looking At Flexible Effects for JDAM, Laser JDAM

AFRL Looking At Flexible Effects for JDAM, Laser JDAM
Air Force Staff Sgt. Peyton Knuckles, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Blue, begins moving a GBU-39 during a weapons load competition July 26, 2019 at Eglin AFB, Fla. Coalition forces in Operation Inherent Resolve preferred using the GBU-39 in the dense urban environment of Mosul, Iraq to reduce civilian casualties during Operation Inherent Resolve, according to RAND (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and its munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., are examining a dialable effects munition (DEM) for the 558-pound Boeing [BA] GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the laser-guided GBU-54 JDAM to reduce civilian casualties, as seen during Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) against the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, according to the commander of AFRL. “The dialable munitions is one that the folks at Eglin have been working hand in hand…

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