Lockheed Martin was awarded a $76 million contract to build Paveway II Plus laser-guided bomb kits, which will include guidance and tail assemblies for GBU-10 and GBU-12 bombs. Deliveries are slated to begin in the second quarter of 2016, according to a Lockheed release. The company has delivered more than 140,000 training rounds, along with 70,000 Paveway II kits and 7,000 dual-mode systems to the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and 20 international customers, states the release. GBU-10 and GBU-12 bombs have been used extensively in recent combat, including in Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria.
Lockheed Martin is offering a low-cost air vehicle it calls a flying "truck" that could be a cruise missile or sensor platform, intended to be the "low end" complement to the high-end JASSM/LRASM stealth cruise missiles, and help the Air Force achieve "affordable mass" in a future conflict..