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USAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP

USAF Using “ATACMS Technology” To Bolster Parts Supply For MOP
Pictured is a U.S. Air Force photo of Maj. Gen. Ty Neuman, Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, speaking with security forces airmen in front of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber during a readiness exercise at Whiteman AFB, Mo. on Jan. 23.

To increase the parts supply for the Boeing [BA] GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the U.S. Air Force last August began using technology from the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) by Lockheed Martin [LMT], as the Air Force plans to move to a Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) after refilling MOP stocks, according to Air Force Materiel Command. Last June, seven Air Force B-2 stealth bombers by Northrop Grumman [NOC] dropped 14 MOPs on Iranian nuclear sites in Operation Midnight Hammer…

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