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Further Reading

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

References

• The GPS Guided Weapons Page: Incorporating the SAR/GMTI Radar Page @ 'F-111.net: F-111 Aardvark' By Carlo Kopp

• Airmen use GBU-38 in combat AFPN 04 Oct 2004
• Navy Drops First 500-Pound JDAM in Combat Navy NewsStand 08 Nov 2004

• FY2003 Report for the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation [19 MB PDF]
• DOT&E FY01 Annual Report
  
  
• Acquisition Reform Success Story Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
• JDAM Public Page @ Eglin AFB
• JDAM @ Boeing
• ANNEX F Common Solution/Concept List (U) Air Force Mission Area Plan (MAP) [as of 11 July 1997 - Rev 10] - Detailed and comprehensive Air Combat Command descriptions of weapon system modernization efforts required to satisfy known needs.
• JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION (JDAM) PPCG 1997 Compendium of Pilot Program Reports Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)
• Experts count costs to fix JDAM design flaws Stacey Evers Janes Defense Weekly 5 November 1997
• B-1B Drops first GPS-guided JDAM by 1 st Lt. Kimberly E. Devereux ASC Public Affairs WPAFB Skywrighter (Mar 98) A B-1B Lancer flying out of Edwards AFB, Calif., on Feb. 11 dropped a JDAM at China Lake test range in the first demonstration of the bomber's capability to deploy satellite-guided JDAMs.
• GPS, JDAM communication upgrade kits ready for B-1B AFMC News Service - 5-01-98
• JDAMs dropped on China Lake ranges by EAFB The Rocketeer 3 September 1998 -- The B-52H bombers, staged out of Edwards Air Force Base, have been testing the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) as part of the aircraft/weapon integration process.
• B-1B flies first JDAM test sortie (AFPN) 7 Dec 1998 -- The 77th Bomb Squadron's new Block D upgraded B-1B flew the first of seven test sorties Nov. 24.
• ONR takes quantum leap with DAMASK By Pam Harris The Weaponeer February 18, 1999 -- -The Navy and Air Force are partnering with industry to develop an accuracy-enhancement kit for the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) -- the Direct Attack Munitions Affordable Seeker (DAMASK).
• Lightning Bolts strike over Yugoslav skies 19 May 1999 Air Force Print News -- A JDAM is actually a guidance kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into precision-guided "smart" munitions. It takes 30 minutes to convert each "dumb" bomb into a smart bomb. Ten technicians work for four hours to build a load of 16 JDAMs for an awaiting B-2.
• JDAM course ushers B-1 students into new era Air Warfare Center 21 Oct 1999 -- The aircraft is capable of holding 24 of these Global Positioning System-guided weapons -- more than any other aircraft in the world.
• The Bargain Basement Bomb By Patrick J. Sloyan Long Island Newsday November 14, 1999 -- John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists, sees JDAM as a last-minute addition to the 20th Century's pantheon to human destruction. "It's right up there with the machine gun and the atomic bomb," Pike said of the $4 billion program.
• Proposed FMS to Israel - Joint Direct Attack Munitions MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS No. 177-M November 17, 1999 --- The Government of Israel has requested a possible sale of 700 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits and related elements of program support. The estimated cost is $45 million.
• DoD News Briefing Thursday, November 18, 1999 -- The United States military, in this case, felt that JDAM was the right system for its use, and clearly the Israelis feel the same way in this particular case. Other nations may feel that way and would approach the United States individually and there'd be discussions with those nations over time.
• JDAM Program Office named best in Air Force Air Armament Center Public Affairs 19 Nov 1999 -- The Joint Direct Attack Munitions Systems Program Office here won the 1999 Gen. Bernard A. Schriever Award as the best Program Executive Office program in the Air Force.
• Sale of U.S. Smart Bombs Causes Concern About the Cost of War Cable News Network 19 November 1999 -- JOHN PIKE, FED. OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: It's a precise weapon. It's inexpensive, it's highly effective, and it's basically the future of aerial warfare.
• JDAM continues to be warfighter's weapon of choice AFPN 17 Mar 2006