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New Raytheon Guided Bomb Completes Initial Flight Test
Raytheon Company’s Small Tactical Munition Phase II scored a direct hit on a target during the weapon’s first guided flight test. “STM Phase II is ideally suited to weaponize Shadow-class unmanned aircraft systems and counterinsurgency aircraft because STM is a mature, precise and affordable weapon,” said Dr. Thomas R. Bussing, vice president of Advanced Missiles [...]
Lockheed To Produce Paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Trainings Rounds
Archbald PA: Lockheed Martin received a $15.6 million contract to produce paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTR) for the U.S. Navy. This award is for the first year of a planned three-year procurement that will maintain continuous production on the ELGTR, with work under this contract beginning in the third quarter of 2011 [...]
Raytheon Tests New Weapon Designed for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz.: Raytheon Company successfully flight tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided bomb that is approximately 2-feet long, making it the smallest bomb in the Raytheon family of weapons. The bomb’s dual-mode, semiactive laser seeker and GPS-inertial [...]
RAF Tornados Lock On Latest Guided Munition
The latest in a series of Paveway guided bombs is ready to see service with the RAF’s Tornado fleet following six successful months with the Harrier GR9 on operations in Afghanistan. Paveway IV went into service in November 2008 and has become the freefall weapon of choice among pilots flying missions from Kandahar. The weapon [...]



