Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) programme is set to reap the benefits of the company's recent victory in the small diameter bomb (SDB) competition during the next round of annual ...

This is meant to reduce casualties to nearby civilians, but it's still a bigger bang than the low-explosive 500 pound JDAM. Moreover, the low-explosive JDAM costs about half as much as the SDB. The ...

January 17, 2008: JDAM (GPS satellite guided bombs) were developed in the 1990s, shortly after the GPS network went live. These weapons entered service in time for the 1999 Kosovo campaign, and have ...

The Boeing Company has received two contracts totaling $217.1 million from the U.S. Defense Department for continued production of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and small diameter ...

CONTINUED MUNITIONS: The U.S. Defense Department has awarded Boeing two contracts totaling $217.1 million for continued production of Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits and Small Diameter ...

Credit: A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier supporting the counter-ISIL air campaign is loaded with six 500-lb. Boeing GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions: U.S. Navy DESTIN, Florida—The head of Boeing ...

The Royal Australian Air Force has demonstrated a wing kit for the Boeing joint direct attack munition (JDAM) that tripled the effective range of the weapon when launched from an F/A-18 Hornet. The ...