RAYTHEON PAVEWAY II AND ENHANCED PAVEWAY II

摘要

The Typhoon was always intended to have an air-to-ground role and had been procured by the RAF to replace Jaguar fighter-bombers as well as Tornado F3 and Phantom FGR2 interceptors, though the development of air-to-ground capabilities was originally to have been left for Tranche 2. But in 2005 the UK decided it was unwilling to wait for the scheduled introduction of the Typhoon's planned air-to-ground capability. Instead it decided to develop an 'austere' precision air-to-ground capability, using self-designated laser-guided bombs, to allow the aircraft to be deployed in this role. In July 2006, the contract for Change Proposal 193 was signed, detailing the integration of the Litening 3 laser designation pod (LDP) and Paveway 2/ Enhanced Paveway 2 laser-guided bombs.