
The key element of the modification program for the Boeing [BA] 20-foot, 30,000 pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) is the Large Penetrator Smart Fuze (LPSF). L3Harris Technologies' [LHX] L3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems site near Cincinnati has been a subcontractor to Boeing on LPSF. LPSF is to improve MOP "probability of kill" against hard and deeply buried targets for which planners lack full insight on structure and depth. Yet, LPSF has had its challenges. In 2022, the Air Force…