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Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II Completes System Verification Review

Pat Host

Thursday, April 9th, 2015

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Raytheon’s Small Diameter Bomb II Completes System Verification Review

Artist's illustration of Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II. Photo: Raytheon.

Raytheon [RTN] and the Air Force completed three successful Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) program reviews leading up to a mid-May Milestone C decision, according to a company statement.During March and April, the SDB II team successfully completed a functional configuration audit (FCA), a production readiness review (PRR) and a system verification review (SVR). The functional configuration audit assessed SDB II’s functionality and verified through rigorous testing and documentation that the weapon is in compliance with the approved design.Raytheon…

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