F-35 drops a bomb
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sla165F-35 drops a bomb
Last week the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) completed its first test flight with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter dropping a bomb over water in an Atlantic test range while traveling at 400 knots at an altitude of 4,200 feet.
An inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) was dropped from the STOVL F-35B variant fighter. NAVAIR said that this test marked the “start of validating the F-35’s capability to employ precision weapons and allow pilots to engage the enemy on the ground and in the air.”
Navy Capt. Erik Etz, Director of test for F-35 naval variants, said:
“While this weapons separation test is just one event in a series of hundreds of flights and thousands of test points that we are executing this year, it does represent a significant entry into a new phase of testing for the F-35 programme.
"Today’s release of a JDAM was the result of extraordinary effort by our team of maintainers, engineers, pilots and others who consistently work long hours to deliver F-35 warfighting capability to the U.S. services and our international partners.”
Reuters reported that Wednesday’s test was not designed to check the targeting system but for a smooth release of the bomb from the aircraft. Targeting tests are scheduled to take place at another date.
http://www.defenceiq.com/air-forces-and-military-aircraft/articles/f-35-drops-a-bomb/
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Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) это комплект оборудования на основе технологии GPS, преобразующий существующие свободнопадающие бомбы («тупые» бомбы, англ. "dumb bombs") во всепогодные корректируемые («умные», англ. "smart") боеприпасы. Разработан в США. Первый комплект выпущен в 1997 г. фирмой Boeing. Программа разработки JDAM является объединённой программой ВВС США и ВМС США.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDAM
Last week the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) completed its first test flight with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter dropping a bomb over water in an Atlantic test range while traveling at 400 knots at an altitude of 4,200 feet.
An inert 1,000-pound GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) was dropped from the STOVL F-35B variant fighter. NAVAIR said that this test marked the “start of validating the F-35’s capability to employ precision weapons and allow pilots to engage the enemy on the ground and in the air.”
Navy Capt. Erik Etz, Director of test for F-35 naval variants, said:
“While this weapons separation test is just one event in a series of hundreds of flights and thousands of test points that we are executing this year, it does represent a significant entry into a new phase of testing for the F-35 programme.
"Today’s release of a JDAM was the result of extraordinary effort by our team of maintainers, engineers, pilots and others who consistently work long hours to deliver F-35 warfighting capability to the U.S. services and our international partners.”
Reuters reported that Wednesday’s test was not designed to check the targeting system but for a smooth release of the bomb from the aircraft. Targeting tests are scheduled to take place at another date.
http://www.defenceiq.com/air-forces-and-military-aircraft/articles/f-35-drops-a-bomb/
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Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) это комплект оборудования на основе технологии GPS, преобразующий существующие свободнопадающие бомбы («тупые» бомбы, англ. "dumb bombs") во всепогодные корректируемые («умные», англ. "smart") боеприпасы. Разработан в США. Первый комплект выпущен в 1997 г. фирмой Boeing. Программа разработки JDAM является объединённой программой ВВС США и ВМС США.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDAM
