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Navy and Raytheon Conduct First StormBreaker Test On F-35B

Monday, November 29th, 2021

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Navy and Raytheon Conduct First StormBreaker Test On F-35B

Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three (VX-23) drops a StormBreaker weapon from an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter in a test. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy and Raytheon Technologies [RTX] conducted the first weapon drop of the StormBreaker bomb from an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, the company said Monday. During this test based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., an F-35B from Air Test and Evaluation Squadron-23 (VX-23) used the bomb as a guided munition, just like they would use in combat from mission planning to weapon release. The company did not immediately disclose when the test occurred. After the aircraft released the…

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