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USAF Pushes Boeing Small Diameter Bomb FMS Contract Ceiling to $228M


boeing logoBoeing (NYSE: BA) has been awarded a $130.1 million contract modification for the production of Small Diameter Bombs Increment 1 for foreign military sales customers of the U.S. Air Force.

The Defense Department said Tuesday the modification would increase the ceiling value of a previously awarded SDB I production contract from $98 million to $228.1 million.

SDB consists of a carriage system and a precision-guided weapon designed to soar more than 60 nautical miles and strike targets with minimal collateral damage.

Boeing integrates anti-jam GPS-aided inertial navigation technology into the bomb system meant for installation on the F-15E aircraft and in F-35, F-22A, B-1, B-2 and unmanned combat aerial vehicles.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity and Boeing is scheduled to complete work by April 15, 2019.

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