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ARCHBALD, Pa., 11 Nov. 2008. Lockheed Martin won a $30 million split-share competition award to deliver Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits to the U.S. Air Force. Delivery is scheduled to begin in early 2009.
Lockheed Martin is a dual-source and qualified provider of the paveway II LGB, of all three variants of the paveway II MK-80 series LGBs and the sole provider of paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds.
Converting gravity weapons into precision-guided munitions, paveway II GBU-12 kits improve weapon accuracy and decrease risks to U.S. and allied ground forces. Each kit consists of a computer control group, which is the front-end guidance system, plus an air foil group, which includes flight stability fins on the back of each paveway II LGB.
"Lockheed Martin is committed to providing the U.S. government with the most cost-effective family of paveway precision-guided weapon systems available," says John Pericci, director of business development at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control in Archbald.
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