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	Joint Direct Attack Munition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		JDAM is a joint United States Air Force and United States Navy program.
		JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000 pound (900 kg) BLU-109/Mark 84 bomb or the 1,000 pound (450 kg) BLU-110/Mark 83 bomb warheads as the payload.
		JDAM can be launched from very low to very high altitudes in a dive, toss and loft or in straight and level flight with an on-axis or off-axis delivery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/JDAM (832 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/Mark 84 bomb or the 1,000-pound BLU-110/Mark 83 bomb warheads as the payload.
		JDAM is currently compatible with B-1B Lancer, B-2A Spirit, B-52H Stratofortress, F-16C/D Falcon and F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft.
		On September 10, 2003, a B-2 Spirit bomber successfully released eighty (80) inert 500-pound JDAM munitions on a single sortie, demonstrating a saturation precision attack capability not thought possible in the early days of smart weapons.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/joint_direct_attack_munition.html (714 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-29, GBU-30, GBU-31, GBU-32 - Smart Weapons
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 is a tailkit under development to meet both USAF and Navy needs, with the Air Force as the lead service.
		JDAM is not intended to replace any existing weapon system; rather, it is to provide accurate delivery of general purpose bombs in adverse weather conditions.
		JDAM variants for the Mk-82 500-pound bombs are reportedly designated GBU-30 and GBU-38 according to various sources, though there is no indication as to what if any difference exists between these variants [indeed, it is possible that the association of the GBU-30 designation with the 500-lb Mk-82 is erroneous].
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/jdam.htm (721 words)

	Encyclopedia: Joint Direct Attack Munition
		Munition is often defined as a synonyn for ammunition.
		These munitions are flung all over battlefields and war zones with lethal intent; unexploded ones may pose a hazard to civilians for years afterwards.
		The Bible mentions "munition" in this general sense of "weapons of war": And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Joint-Direct-Attack-Munition (2234 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
		JDAM is a low-cost guidance kit converting existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurately guided “smart” weapons.
		Before JDAM is dropped, the weapon must be loaded with a set of coordinates to designate the main and alternate targets.
		JDAM weapons were used extensively in recent conflicts.
	www.defense-update.com /products/j/jdam.htm (315 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -JDAM
		JDAM can be launched from approximately 15 miles from the target and each is independently targeted.
		The JDAM will upgrade the existing inventory of Mk-83 1,000- and Mk-84 2,000-pound general purpose unitary bombs and the 2,000-pound hard target penetrator bomb by integrating a guidance kit consisting of an inertial navigation system/global positioning system guidance kit.
		JDAM was certified as operational capable on the B-2 in July 1997.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=JDAM&cat=o&lev=2 (1527 words)

	The US Navy
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions.
		JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon using either the 2000 lb BLU-109 hard-target-penetrator, the 2000-pound MK 84/BLU-117, the 1,000-pound MK 83/BLU-110, or the 500-pound MK 82/BLU-111 warheads as the payload.
		JDAM performance was demonstrated operationally during Operation Allied Force in 1999 — during which 650 JDAMs were dropped — and in Operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom; and in Operation Iraqi Freedom, with expenditures of more than 6,000 JDAMs against enemy targets.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2100&tid=400&ct=2 (400 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), produced by The Boeing Company, is a low cost guidance kit which converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurately guided “smart” weapons.
		JDAM can be dropped up to 15 miles from a target with updates from GPS satellites to help guide the bomb to the target.
		JDAM is nearing completion of the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase and production contracts for 3139 kits have been signed.
	www.stormpages.com /attila2/apache5.html (466 words)

	B-1B drops its first guided joint direct attack munition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		JDAM uses a global positioning system/inertial navigation system to home in on its targets with a high degree of accuracy.
		JDAM uses a low-cost guidance kit produced by Boeing to convert existing, unguided, free-fall bombs such as Mk 83 and BLU-110 1,000-pound bombs and Mk 84 and BLU-109 2,000-pound bombs into accurately guided "smart" weapons.
		JDAMs can be dropped more than 15 miles from the target, with updates from GPS satellites guiding the bombs to their target.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/bomber/n19980310_980329.html (481 words)

	USATODAY.com - JDAM smart bombs prove to be accurate and a good buy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		JDAMs are also proving to be a boon for Boeing, which this year could have higher profits from defense contracts than from commercial aircraft for the first time in decades.
		JDAM kit are far cheaper because they require no laser or TV "seeker" components and can be used on inexpensive gravity bombs stockpiled since the Vietnam War, says spokesman Jake Swinson at Florida's Eglin Air Force Base.
		JDAM kits are assembled by 36 Boeing workers at a 30,000-square-foot factory in St. Charles, Mo. The town, near Lambert-St.Louis International Airport, is perhaps best known as the starting point of Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/world/iraq/2003-03-23-jdam_x.htm (1264 words)

	SPACE.com -- GPS Satellite-Guided JDAM Bomb Misses Target in Afghanistan, Kills 4
		The bomb, called a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), had a Global Positioning System receiver built in and used satellites to guide it to a specific longitude and latitude that was programmed into the bomb before it was released from a Navy F-18.
		JDAM bombs are also favored because a pilot can deliver them from high altitude and without having to do any manual guidance, reducing the risk to a delivering bomber squad.
		JDAM can be launched from low or high altitudes when a bomber is in a dive or during straight and level flight.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/technology/bomb_missed_011014.html (782 words)

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		A Joint Air Force/Navy program to provide current fighter and bomber aircraft the capability to accurately and precisely attack fixed, or relocatable, land and maritime targets under adverse weather conditions from medium and high altitudes.
		JDAM is a guidance kit that converts existing 1,000-pound and 2,000-pound unguided, free-falling bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions that can autonomously strike targets in all weather conditions.
		JDAM is one of seven pilot programs selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to test methods for streamlining the acquisition process.
	usfighter.tripod.com /jdam.htm (611 words)

	JDAM 'hottest' smart bomb
		JDAMs are much cheaper at about $20 000 a copy than the laser-guided bombs that stunned the world during the 1991 Gulf War.
		JDAM, which comes in 900kg and 450kg variants, is essentially a dumb bomb with a tail kit that uses inertial navigation and signals from a GPS satellite to steer to the target.
		In Afghanistan, a JDAM killed three US special forces troops and five Afghans during the siege of Kandahar after it was called in on a forward air controller own position on the ground because of a glitch.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_1335530,00.html (492 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - F-117 drops first ever Joint Direct Attack Munitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition is the newest weapon system being tested on the F-117.
		Joint Direct Attack Munitions are autonomous, highly accurate, all-weather capable and lethal.
		This test served to validate and provide data for updating the CTF's JDAM separation model and is the first test in a series of planned JDAM separation tests.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/2004/2004-archive-f117_jdam.html (593 words)

	Directory of links to all things military. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Description: The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions.
		Features: JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon using either the 2000lb BLU-109 hard-target-penetrator, the 2000-pound MK 84 or the 1,000-pound MK 83 warheads as the payload.
		JDAM allows fighters and bombers to deploy weapons accurately against targets on the ground.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /04/military/No16.htm (402 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munitions GBU 31/32
		JDAM is a joint U. Air Force and Department of Navy program.
		JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/MK 84 or the 1,000-pound BLU-110/MK 83 warheads as the payload.
		JDAM is currently compatible with B-1B, B-2A, B-52H, F-16C/D and F/A-18C/D aircraft.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/jdam.html (613 words)

	Smart bomb Article, Smartbomb Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Because the damage effects of an explosive weapon scale as a power law with distance, quite modest improvements in accuracy (and hence reduction in miss distance) enables atarget to be effectively attacked with much smaller bombs.
		Inertial navigation is significantly lessaccurate; JDAM achieves a CEP of 13 m under GPSguidance, but typically only 30 m under inertial guidance.
		Misses from older, unguided munitions are generally normally distributed around the aim point.
	www.anoca.org /bombs/target/smart_bomb.html (686 words)

	GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
		JDAM is a family of guided air-to-surface weapons that is comprised of the GBU-31(V)2/B, GBU-31(V)4/B, GBU-32(V)2/B, and GBU-35(V)1/B for the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC).
		Navy and Marine JDAMs use the MK 84, BLU-109, MK 83, or the BLU-110 warheads, respectively, as the payload.
		JDAM is being introduced to fleet activities through a phase-in concept.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/munitions/gbu-31.htm (688 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Program Office Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into precision guided "smart" munitions.
		JDAM reduces risk to the pilot because it can be dropped from the aircraft from up to 40,000 feet above sea level and 15 miles from the target.
		It already meets the 2010 Joint Vision Doctrine of "Force Protection, Precision Engagement, Technological Advantage, and Dominance." Also, JDAM is one of seven pilot programs selected to test the streamlining of the acquisition process and has proven to be a budgetary success.
	www.eglin.af.mil /jdam/info/1.html (203 words)

	JDAM Matures Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This was not the first use of the JDAM, delivered by the B-2A during the Allied Force campaign in 1999, the JDAM is credited with providing a critical all weather strike capability during periods of dense cloud cover, when the primary laser guided weapons used by the NATO force proved ineffective.
		Integration of the JDAM is relatively simple, the principal prerequisite being that the launch aircraft is equipped with a Mil-Std-1760 digital weapon station interface.
		In summary, most of the criticisms directed at the JDAM (and very popular in some Canberra circles) are very lame and assume a very clever technological peer competitor opponent.
	www.ausairpower.net /TE-JDAMPt1.html (3890 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 - Smart Weapons
		JDAMs dropped on China Lake ranges by EAFB The Rocketeer 3 September 1998 -- The B-52H bombers, staged out of Edwards Air Force Base, have been testing the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) as part of the aircraft/weapon integration process.
		JDAM course ushers B-1 students into new era Air Warfare Center 21 Oct 1999 -- The aircraft is capable of holding 24 of these Global Positioning System-guided weapons -- more than any other aircraft in the world.
		Joint direct attack munition gives aging B-52 bomber more clout, Airman Magazine, June 2001 -- JDAM, for joint direct attack munition, was born from a Desert Storm shortfall.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/smart/jdam.htm (2601 words)

	GPS Part III - US Direct Attack Munition Programs
		The JDAM development was then initiated in the early nineties, when Gulf war experience indicated the need for an all weather accurate or precision munition.
		The MDC JDAM kit comprises a tail kit and a set of cruciform body strakes, pairs of which are shipped to a deployment site in a hermetically sealed, stratified polyethylene bags inside foam lined fibreglass shipping container.
		The strakes on the JDAM increase the body lift of the weapon (cf Standard SAM) and thus contribute to better manoeuvrability and accuracy, as well as a slight gain in delivery range against a standard bomb.
	www.f-111.net /CarloKopp/gpsbomb2.htm (1945 words)

	AEDC News Release #98-100 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The team accomplished this task by positioning the 18/43-scale MK-82 JDAM and the 1/4-scale MK-84 JDAM models, both manufactured by Boeing, in the 4-foot transonic wind tunnel using an AEDC-fabricated sting assembly and strain gage balance to support and measure the models' aerodynamic loads.
		The MK-84 JDAM was modified with the addition of a proximity sensor attached to the nose.
		Although the JDAM is just now completing development, the Air Force and Navy are banking on this device to improve the accuracy of precision strike munitions in hostile weather using updates from GPS satellites to track its target.
	www.arnold.af.mil /aedc/newsreleases/1998/98-100.htm (407 words)

	F/A-18
		In its fighter mode, the F/A-18 is used primarily as a fighter escort and for fleet air defense; in its attack mode, it is used for force projection, interdiction and close and deep air support.
		The B model is used primarily for training, while the D model is the current Navy aircraft for attack, tactical air control, forward air control and reconnaissance squadrons.
		The fighter missions are primarily fighter escort and fleet air defense; while the attack missions are force projection, interdiction, and close and deep air support.
	www.geocities.com /fishbed00.geo/us/f18.html (468 words)

	USAFE News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Airman 1st Class Dino Dan, 457th Air Expeditionary Group weapons loader, loads a GBU-31, Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb onto the wing of a B-52 at a forward deployed location.
		Munitions troops here recently worked through the day and night building more than 80 M-117 and 85 GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition bombs thus far, for the “shock and awe” phase of the war in Iraq.
		Mark Russ, munitions noncommissioned officer with the 5th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, attaches strakes to a GBU-31, Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb at a forward deployed location.
	www.usafe.af.mil /news/news03/uns03182.htm (595 words)

	Gateway News April 1999 Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		JDAM history, capabilities, and how they were able to achieve an Average Unit Procurement Price (AUPP) 35% below customer estimates.
		A 20 year warranty was given on each JDAM kit; therefore, suppliers need to ensure quality and performance.
		Future JDAM variants might include a 500 pound version, an extended range version, and the addition of a terminal seeker.
	www.me.wustl.edu /~aiaa/Apr99_p2.html (574 words)

	Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Joint Direct Attack Munition — or JDAM — is a low-cost guidance kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurately guided "smart" weapons.
		JDAM can be launched miles from the target and safely rely on the navigation system to update the weapon all the way to impact.
		JDAM has significant growth potential as a low-cost family of weapons.
	www.boeing.com /defense-space/missiles/jdam/jdam_back.htm (172 words)

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