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U.S. Air Force Seeks Alternative Sources for L3Harris BRU-57 Smart Bomb Rack

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 30th, 2021

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U.S. Air Force Seeks Alternative Sources for L3Harris BRU-57 Smart Bomb Rack

Air Force Maj. Jacob Rohrbach, test pilot with the 40th Flight Test Squadron, flew the first-ever M7 test mission with two JASSM ER weapons on board an F-16 on July 25, 2018 at Eglin AFB, FL. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is seeking alternative sources to build the BRU-57 smart bomb rack by L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Block 40 and above fighters are able to carry the rack, which has served for two decades as a carrier of 500-pound and 1,000-pound munitions, such as the Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munition and the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Joint Standoff Weapon. The BRU-57 consists of two BRU-46 pyrotechnic racks and doubles the number of smart…

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