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.
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Standard, pre-programmed weapons can only go so far during combat, because they can’t adapt their response if case of an unexpected move from the enemy. But networked, collaborative and autonomous (NCA) weapons can adjust their reaction in real time. This is why the Air Force launched the Golden Horde initiative, which became a Vanguard program in 2019, in order to demonstrate how effective networked weapons are, during missions.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced that the final test demonstrations of Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs), within the Golden Horde program, were carried out at the beginning of this week, at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico.
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Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs 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., in November. Photo courtesy U.S. Air Force
Jan. 7 (UPI) The Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard program has completed the first flight demonstration of collaborative small diameter bombs, the Air Force announced.
According to the service, a team from the Air Force Test Center flew an F-16 Fighting Falcon and released two collaborative small diameter bombs during a mid-December test.
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