Boeing has been awarded a $6.5bn extension to a contract with JDAM) for Joint Direct Attack Munition (the US Department of Defense (DoD) guided bomb tail kits, spare parts, repairs and technical services. The GPS-based the US Department of Defense (DoD kit can convert a conventional bomb into a so-called "smart bomb", which can autonomously travel to pre-defined coordinates.
Boeing has been awarded a $6.5bn extension to a contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD) for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guided bomb tail kits, spare parts, repairs and technical services. The GPS-based JDAM kit can convert a conventional bomb into a so-called "smart bomb", which can autonomously travel to pre-defined coordinates.