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Boeing, Saab Team To Offer Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb

Pat Host

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

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Boeing, Saab Team To Offer Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb

Sweden is the backdrop for Boeing and Saab's recent test of their Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] and Saab AB are teaming on another project, this one a ground-based delivery system for Boeing’s Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), and the two companies say they’ve already successfully tested the weapon three times with potential customers present.The weapon, called the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB), is comprised of a SDB munition, an interstage adaptor and a M26 rocket motor from the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). The weapon, launched from an existing MLRS launcher, has a range…

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