Navy and Marines pave the way.Lockheed Martin's Paveway II Dual-Mode Laser-Guided Bomb Noun 1. laser-guided bomb - a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent; "laser-guided bombs cannot be used in cloudy weather" LGB (DMLGB) was released from an AV-8B aircraft in a test at China Lake in September 2006. The DMLGB is an enhanced Paveway variant variant /var·i·ant/ (var´e-ant) 1. something that differs in some characteristic from the class to which it belongs. 2. exhibiting such variation. var·i·ant adj. that provides additional flexibility and capabilities through its multi-mode employment options. The DMLGB (seen here on an F/A-f8) was under test as part of design verification and qualification for the US Navy and Marine Corps. During the test the Paveway effectively separated from the aircraft and initiated its GPS/INS GPS/INS Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System guidance program, flying to a pre-programmed target location before acquiring the laser energy, when the weapon transitioned to laser guidance; successfully acquiring and impacting the target which was more than 800 metres from the test's pre-programmed flight location. The US Navy has recently released a request for information for the development of a weapon featuring moving target capability--which Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. says the Paveway II DMLGB can already provide--for use on F/A-18, AV-8 and the JSF (JavaServerFaces) A standard framework of components for building rich user interfaces for Java applications. JavaServer Faces run on the server, but are displayed on the client. JSF - JavaServer Faces aircraft. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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