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The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs). JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, giving them a published range of up to 15 nautical miles (28 km).
The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on three separate measures to prohibit provision of tank rounds, mortars and Joint Direct Attack Munition bomb guidance kits to the Israeli military.
The State Department is separately considering whether to approve the continued transfer of Joint Direct Attack Munition kits, which place precision guidance systems onto bombs, to Israel, but the ...
And 80 voted against a third measure that would have stopped shipments of joint direct attack munitions (JDAMS) kits, with 17 in favor and one voting present. The kits, which convert a standard ...
On 23 July 2021, the test series consisting of three flights started, planned by the 780th Test Squadron and carried out by the 40th Flight Test Squadron; it aimed to "validate a modified 2,000 pounds (910 kg) Joint Direct Attack Munition tail kit’s ability to control and navigate a 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) weapon." [7]
This is analogous to the addition of a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail-kit to a dumb iron bomb, creating a precision guided munition. The system began production in 2009, was first expected to be in service by 2010, [5] but was ultimately fielded in spring 2013. [6]
The US is also reviewing the potential sale or transfer of other munitions, including Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits to Israel, the official said. But these transfers are not imminent ...
QUICKSINK can be used with the hundreds of thousands of Joint-Direct Attack Munition tail kits - systems that can be dropped from U.S. or allied warplanes and cheaply turn "dumb" 2,000-pound (900 ...