Improved Paveway completes test series

Lockheed Martin's Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb completed a series of six flight tests earlier this month at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The bomb uses an enhanced laser guidance package, improving precision when compared to existing Paveway II LGBs. The weapons were launched from altitudes between 10,000 and 30,000 feet against a billboard target angled at 45 degrees. Two GBU-10s and four GBU-12s were released from a pair of F-16D Viper aircraft from Eglin's 40th Flight Test Squadron. Each successfully initiated laser acquisition at the expected time and guided to the intended target. (Source: Lockheed Martin, 03/24/10)