[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/europe-14/topic/aeronautica-militare-italiana-italie-180/?post=42395#post-42395]rafighter[/url] a dit le 06/01/2009 à 17:45 :[/b]

[quote]The Italian Government announced December 2008 that Italian Air Force will receive 500 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB I) with an expected total value of € 84 million. The Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) System is the next generation of low-cost and low collateral-damage precision strike weapons for internal and external carriage. Because of its small size and robust performance, the SDB I weapon system, which includes the four-bomb capacity BRU-61/A carriage system, greatly increases the mission capability of current and future platforms. Boeing delivered the first production SDB in May 2006 and entered full-rate production in December 2006. Currently, more than 24,000 weapons and 2,000 carriages are in the USAF procurement and budget plans. The Air Force is investing $1.2 billion for production of the system, with deliveries planned beyond 2015. The all-weather SDB I weapon system is compatible with every U.S. as well as most of the Western fighter and bomber aircraft. It has a standoff range of 60 nautical miles. At 71 inches long, the 6-foot-long, 250-pound class weapon quadruples the number of weapons each aircraft can carry. The SDB I weapon system began combat operations in October 2006 on the F-15E Strike Eagle. The SDB I is built by Boeing at its lean manufacturing facility in St. Charles, Mo., however the Italian version will be build by Oto Melara (Finmeccanica Group) through its business unit Breda Meccanica Bresciana. The systems will be integrated on Tornado IDS. Integration on the EF2000 Eurofighter Typhoon is also planned for the Tranche 3. 

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