Air Force expands plans for SDB production, awards Boeing $700M contract

摘要

The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $700 million contract for three new production lots of Small Diameter Bomb Increment I precision munitions -- a sum that appears to effectively reverse a 2010 decision to slash the original program of record by half- and follows strong demand for the Boeing-built weapon in the air campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.