Farnborough 2016: GLSDB pitched to US Army

7th July 2016 - 12:00 GMT | by Tony Skinner in London

RSS

Boeing and Saab plan to display the capabilities of the newly-developed Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to the US Army in a live fire demonstration later in 2016.

Developed under a teaming agreement signed by Saab and Boeing in August 2014, the GLSDB concept takes Boeing’s GBU-39/B SDB I – originally developed for delivery by aircraft – and integrates it with an M26 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) rocket motor with an inter-stage adapter.

Speaking to reporters in advance of the Farnborough International Airshow 2016 (FIA 2016), Saab marketing and sales director Alexander Alderson said tests in February 2015 at

Already have an account? Log in

Want to keep reading this article?

Read this Article

Get access to this article with a Free Basic Account

Original curated content, daily across air, land and naval domains
2 free stories per week
Daily news round-up email service
Access to all Decisive Edge email newsletters

Create account

Unlimited Access

Access to all our premium news as a Premium News 365 Member. Corporate subscriptions available.

Original curated content, daily across air, land and naval domains
14-day free trial (cancel at any time)
Unlimited access to all published premium news

Start your free trial

Author

Tony Skinner

Tony Skinner is Shephard Media's Creative Director, overseeing the strategic direction, content development and project …

Read full bio

More from Farnborough International Airshow 2016 News

Farnborough 2016: Air warfare training goes 5th gen (video)

Cubic Corporation CEO and president Bradley Feldmann spoke to Shephard at this year's Farnborough International Airshow about the company's air warfare training solutions and how …
Farnborough 2016: UK prepares for next stage of 'Seedcorn' (video)

With the purchase of nine P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft now confirmed by the UK government, British personnel stationed overseas as part of 'Project Seedcorn' …
Farnborough 2016: Countries of interest search narrows

An analysis of potential markets for UK defence companies conducted as part of the Defence Growth Partnerships (DGP) by UKTI has narrowed down a small …
Farnborough 2016: A2AD EW focus for Ultra

One of the big growth areas driving demand for electronic warfare (EW) systems is the threat of anti-access area denial (A2AD) systems. Electronic systems manufacturer, …
Farnborough 2016: Nasmyth foreseeing defence growth

The Nasmyth Group is experiencing business growth within the defence side of components supply, a trend further emphasised at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA 2016) …
Farnborough 2016: FLIR unveils new LD turret (video)

FLIR Systems has unveiled a new product for rotary-wing aircraft at this year's Farnborough International Airshow, called the Star Safire 380-HLDc. Andrew Saxton, director of …