The Boeing-integrated kit transforms the JDAM into a “Powered JDAM” (PJDAM) consisting of a 500-pound gravity bomb, a conventional JDAM guidance system, a wing kit and a Kratos-TDI-J85 engine.

JDAM is a $25,000, bolt-on kit that includes a GPS seeker and long vanes for maneuvering. The kit transforms a 500- , 1,000- or 2,000-pound dumb bomb into a smart bomb.

The JDAM, short for Joint Direct Attack Munition, is basically a smart tail for a traditional bomb. It uses GPS and inertial guidance to direct the bomb mid-air toward its target.

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Ukraine now using JDAM-ER bombs on Su-27 Flankers too. About a month after the first photos of the JDAM-ER bombs in Ukraine emerged online, we have now ...

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Photos posted online show the JDAM-ER’s Mk-80 series body and part of its glide kit, as well as a Storm Shadow missile carried by a Su-24 using a modified pylon from the Tornado GR4.

JDAM is a guided air-to-surface weapon that uses either the 2,000-pound BLU-109/MK 84, the 1,000-pound BLU-110/MK 83 or the 500-pound BLU-111/MK 82 warhead as the payload.

Russia's defence ministry on Sunday said Russian air defences had intercepted five U.S.-made HIMARS shells, an air-launched JDAM bomb and 37 Ukrainian drones over Ukrainian territory in last 24 hours.

CANBERRA – Boeing aims to begin deliveries of kits to create gliding JDAM guided bombs starting in 2015, offering a cheap stand-off weapon that probably will be able to hit targets about 110 km ...

The newest smart bomb is the U.S. arsenal is the Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAM. First dropped from B-52 bombers in Yugoslavia, they were also used in Afghanistan. Many consider JDAMs to ...