Air Force Expands Bomb “Collaboration” & Data Sharing in Flight

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By Kris Osborn, President, Center for Military Modernization

(Washington D.C.) The Navy Tomahawk cruise missile and Air Force Stormbreaker are weapons which can operate with a two-way data link connecting flight trajectory and guidance with human decision makers performing command and control, a technology which continues to introduce new tactical possibilities, improve lethality and streamline attack operations.

This technology continues to be refined and improved at a rapid pace, enabling weapons to alter course in-flight to destroy emerging or maneuvering targets. Now, the Air Force is breaking through to yet another level by achieving in flight weapons “collaboration” wherein bombs themselves exchange information in flight to track and hit new targets, adjust to enemy movements and vastly expand the operational scope of air attack.

Bomb “Collaboration” & Data Sharing

The Air Force Research Laboratory program, called Golden Horde, is moving beyond its successful demonstration of Small Diameter Bombs in flight and increasing the numbers and kinds of weapons “collaborating” in flight.

Video Above: Air War in 2050 – Air Force Research Lab Commander on Golden Horde