JDAM Production Proceeds.
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., received a $235 million contract for production of Joint Direct Attack Munition Noun 1. Joint Direct Attack Munition - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs
JDAM kits for the Navy and Air Force. To convert existing warheads into smart bombs, the Navy will receive 672 kits, which include a tail section that contains a mission computer, inertial measurement unit - See also:
An Inertial Measurement Unit, or IMU, is the main component of an inertial guidance system used in vehicles such as airplanes and submarines. , global positioning system Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. receiver and battery-operated actuators to control movable fins. Strakes attached to the body of the warhead provide aerodynamic stability.
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