Friday, January 09, 2009

GBU-15

IOC: 1983

EGBU-15()V2/B

IOC: 2000
Unitary Cost: USD$245,000

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Boeing

Family Members
AGM-130A (IR)
AGM-130A (TV)
AGM-130C (IR)
AGM-130C (TV)
EGBU-15()V1/B
GBU-15()V1/B
GBU-15()V2/B

Bombs:
BLU-109

Description: The GBU-15 is a combat-proven guided bomb capable of destroying the most hardened targets. During the Gulf War (1991) the GBU-15 demonstrated its capabilities against Saddam Hussein's regime. It was developed to be released from the F-111 and the F-4, currently is released from the F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft.

The GBU-15 consists of modular components attached to either a Mk 84 general purpose bomb or BLU-109 penetrating warhead. Each GBU-15 has a forward guidance section, warhead adapter section, control module, airfoil components and a weapon data link. The weapon can attack using the direct attack mode, which means the pilot locks the weapon onto the target and the GBU-15 guides itself to the target, and the indirect attack mode, which means the pilot must guide actively the GBU-15 bomb via the data-link to the selected target.

The EGBU-15 adds a GPS/INS guidance package to the GBU-15 bomb to achieve all-weather capability and unprecedented accuracy of about 3 meters CEP. The US Air Force plans to procure 1,200 EGBU-15 for the F-15E Strike Fighter fleet.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 460 mm, Length 3.9 m, Width 1.5 m

Weights: Max Weight 1,134 kg (2,500 lb)

Performance: Ceiling 9,150 m (30,020 ft), CEP 3 m (10 ft), Max Range 27,780 m (91,142 ft), Min Range 9,260 m (30,381 ft)

Operators

United States of America

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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