The
US Air Forcehas awarded a partnership consisting of
Harrisand
ViaSata contract to supply the data link system for a Boeing aircraft weapon.
The system will be designed for the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) precision-guided weapon. Harris and Viasat earned the contract after participating in an industry-wide competition.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin won one of two Air Force contracts for the risk-reduction phase of the SDB II programme last April.
The two-way data exchange network is said to enable the
The Boeing SDB II is the planned follow-up to the SDB I GBU-39 weapon, which has been in operation in south-east
The US Air Force is expected to award a contract for the design and development phase of the SDB II system by late 2009.
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