USAF awards $22.8 million contract for laser-guided bomb kits
NewsDecember 15, 2017
BETHESDA, Md. The U.S. Air Force -- acting on behalf of the U.S. Navy -- has signed a $22.8 million contract with Lockheed Martin to produce and deliver Paveway II Plus laser guided bomb (LGB) kits.
The award includes guidance kits and air foil groups (tail kits) for GBU-12 (500 pound) configuration LGBs, all of which are due for delivery by the fourth quarter of 2019.
The enhanced guidance package contract is a follow-on to the U.S. Air Force's $131 million fiscal year 2017 LGB award, under which Lockheed Martin secured the ninth consecutive majority share of available funding in the annual U.S. Air Force competition.
