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Precision JDAMs can pack big punch; On-board systems guide air-to-surface weapons. A member of the ordnance team aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln loaded an MK-84 JDAM bomb onto the

JDAM is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs to all-weather smart munitions. The precision-guided glide bombs use guidance from an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global JDAM is a tail kit that turns an unguided dumb bomb, already in the warfighter's arsenal, into an accurate smart munition. These new smart weapons are available to the warfighter in four variants: the 2,000-pound MK-84, the 2,000-pound BLU-109, the 1,000-pound MK-83 and the 500-pound MK-82. The Joint Direct Attack Munition The JDAM was the result of a hotly contested flyoff between McDonnell-Douglas (Boeing) and Martin-Marietta (Lockheed-Martin), bidding the GBU-31/32 and GBU-29/30 respectively. The announcement that testing is underway using GBU-38 JDAM guided-bombs with the American hunter-killer MQ-9 Reaper UAV didn't make a lot of general news coverage, but it is a reminder that drone CREECH AIR FORCE BASE: The Air Force has added the Joint Direct Attack Munition (GBU-38) a GPS-guided bomb, to the Reaper drone force, dropping the first one in a combat strike in Operation The JDAM-ER is the latest variant. Jointly developed by Boeing and Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation, it's intended for use on the RAAF's 500-lb bombs and will be built The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, Non-GPS based precision guided weapons using seekers to guide to the target have significant restrictions on the launch envelope due to the seeker field of view. The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided gravity bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather "smart" munitions. The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 is a tailkit under development to meet both USAF and Nav