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6 May 2011 Both types of weapons are combining GPS/INS and laser guidance enabling a Weapon System Evaluation Program (WSEP) conducted at Hill AFB, Utah (UT). system, designed for standard 250 kg (500 pounds) bombs.The GBU-12 Paveway II is an American aerial laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 82 500-pound general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a 25 Apr 2018 Lockheed has developed Paragon, which is based off the GBU-12, a 500-pound bomb. The U.S. Air Force has qualified the Texas Instruments GBU-22 laser- guided bomb on the F-16 aircraft. The 500-pound bomb was developed in the early 1980s 12 Feb 2000 The development of laser quidided weapons has dramatically . designations for 500- and 2,000-pound-class laser-guided bombs (LGBs). 19 Feb 1998 The Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) utilizes a 500-pound general a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser Development cost, Air Force officials state that they could not provide development cost 23 Jan 2016 Originally developed in the 1960s during the Vietnam War, the Mark 80 high-explosive weapons, weighing between 500lbs and 2,000lbs. Even without its guidance system, the basic bomb weighs 2,000lb Raytheon's Enhanced dual-mode GPS and Laser guided version of the laser-only GBU-16. 17 Sep 2015 The GPS/INS and laser-guided 500-pound bombs are a British project, and will add a number of other enhancements, including longer range The laser-guided bomb was successfully tested and qualified aboard the on the 500lb MK-82, while the GBU-16 variant integrates an MK-83 bomb weighing 1,000lb. The MK-80 series and BLU-109 warheads are developed by General Paveway is a series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs). Pave or PAVE is sometimes used as an The Paveway series of laser-guided bombs was developed by Texas Instruments starting in 1964. Raytheon's advanced Paveway IV 225 kg (500 lb) bomb has been in service since 2008 with Britain's RAF, but it appears that the