Boeing has been awarded a $ 500 extension to a contract with the us Department of Defense ( DoD ) for Joint Direct missile Munition ( JDAM ) guided missile tail kits , spare parts , repairs and technical services . The GPS - based JDAM missile can convert a conventional bomb into a so - called " smart bomb " , which can autonomously travel to pre - programmed 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.