article_snippet: Fighter jet F-35B's internal weapons bay is too small for a Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) load, according to an Inside Defense report.
article_snippet: Though The F-35B's internal weapons bay's mandated that an F-35B jet, designed by Lockheed Martin, hold eight SDB IIs in the bay, only four reportedly fit.
article_snippet: The F-35B's internal weapons bay is too small for a Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) load (file photo)
article_snippet: The fit issues have been known and documented and there were larger and more substantial modifications needed to support SDB II that have already been incorporated into production F-35 aircraft. '
article_snippet: Inside The Ministry of Defense reported that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program office so far has not publicly recognized problems - and that eight internal and 16 external SDB IIs are in fact meant to go on the F-35B. Bombs away: SDB
article_snippet: The SDB II weapons system is fully accommodated by both the F-35A - the Air Force version - and F-35C - the US Navy version, company executive Jeff White told Inside Defense.
article_snippet: When defense contractor Raytheon did defense contractor Raytheon fit checks on the JSF, the A and the C basically had the same bay.'
highlights_snippet: Fighter jet F-35B's internal weapons bay is too small for a Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) load .
  
highlights_snippet: Though it's mandated that an F-35B hold eight SDB IIs in the bay, only four can reportedly fit .
  