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SDB II StormBreaker Reaches IOC On Navy Super Hornet

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SDB II StormBreaker Reaches IOC On Navy Super Hornet
A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet undergoes weapons testing with the StormBreaker, also known as the Small Diameter Bomb II, at NAS Patuxent River, Md. This all-weather, precision-guided munition achieved its first operational use on an F/A-18 during a limited early operational capability in 2025. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy recently declared the RTX [RTX] GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II has reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The SDB II precision-guided glide bomb, also called the StormBreaker, had its first operational use during limited early operational capability last year in operations that the Navy said provided validation of its performance on the Navy’s aircraft carrier-based fighters. The Navy first conducted the initial guided release test of the Stormbreaker from a Super…

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