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RTX Says USAF Award for Company’s StormBreaker Munition Next Step in Weapon’s Production

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

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RTX Says USAF Award for Company’s StormBreaker Munition Next Step in Weapon’s Production

Pictured is an F-15E Strike Eagle outfitted with StormBreaker before a 2021 test (U.S. Air Force Photo)

RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 3 that the U.S. Air Force's Dec. 29 award to the company's Tucson, Ariz. site for GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb IIs (SDB IIs)--so called "StormBreakers"--represents another step in the weapon's production. On Dec. 29, the Air Force awarded RTX a more than $344 million modification to the StormBreaker Lot 10 production contract to supply Norway, Germany, Italy, and Finland through Aug. 30, 2028 under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The Air Force did not…

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