Boeing and US Air Force sign deal to build guided jet-powered bombs capable of traveling 300 nautical miles
- Boeing lands $75 million contract for its new long-range guided bomb
- GBU-75 bomb travels over 300 nautical miles using a turbojet engine
- Boeing spent nearly $100 million of its own money before this deal
Boeing has received a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action from the US Air Force to begin building its new long-range guided bomb.
The weapon, known as the GBU-75, pairs a 500-pound-class, or 226-kilogram, JDAM warhead with a wing kit and a compact turbojet engine.
This combination allows the bomb to travel more than 300 nautical miles, far beyond what earlier JDAM variants could achieve.
Turbojet kit extends JDAM's reach
Boeing's official designation for the kit is the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit, built around the existing Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance system.
Earlier upgrades to the JDAM family included a tail kit that extended range to roughly 15 nautical miles and a wing kit that reached 40.
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