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Air Force Buying Anti-Jam JDAM Kits in Response to PACAF Urgent Need

Frank Wolfe

Friday, July 17th, 2020

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Air Force Buying Anti-Jam JDAM Kits in Response to PACAF Urgent Need

US Air Force insignia on an aging jet plane.

The U.S. Air Force is buying Strategic Anti-jam Beam-forming Receiver Y-code (SABR-Y) GPS and antenna kits for Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in response to an urgent operational need (UON) from Pacific Air Forces in February 2018. Boeing received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity $800 million contract in March for JDAM, including more than 23,000 JDAMs in Lot 24, and a majority of the units in Lot 24 are the SABR-Y variant, according to the company. Air Force procurement…

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