
A U.S. Navy flight test recently conducted the first guided release of a Raytheon Technologies [RTX] StormBreaker bomb from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the company said Tuesday. StormBreaker is the new name for the Small Diameter Bomb II that advances over the previous model by having a tri-mode seeker that uses imaging infrared, millimeter wave, and semi-active laser to defeat moving targets from up to 45 miles away despite adverse weather. Raytheon said the Super Hornet will be the second…