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Engine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

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Engine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM

A Boeing rendering of the future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition

Boeing's [BA] future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (PJDAM) is to have a range of more than 300 nautical miles--seven times the range of the company's JDAM Extended Range (JDAM ER) and 20 times the range of Boeing's standard JDAM. The PJDAM is to include the TDI J85 engine by Kratos Defense and Security Solutions' [KTOS] Michigan-based Technical Directions, Inc. (TDI) business unit, which is a part of the company's unmanned systems division. "In addition to the propulsion module, the [PJDAM]…

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