Boeing [BA] is developing a variety of sensors to enhance its popular Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), its program manager said. Boeing JDAM Program Manager Kerry Bush told Defense Daily in a phone interview recently the company is working on a laser sensor, a multi-mode sensor and a radar sensor to enhance the JDAM’s attractiveness in an era of budget austerity. The laser sensor (Laser JDAM) provides a modular laser sensor kit installed in the field to the front of…
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