US Air Force’s ‘Golden Horde’ swarming munitions program to get second chance
February 4
Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs, or CSDBs, hang from the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 14, 2020. Two of the bombs were dropped during the first flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program.
WASHINGTON — Now that the U.S. Air Force’s first test of “Golden Horde” swarming bombs was deemed a partial success, the service is giving the technology a second shot later this month, the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory said Thursday.