The GBU-31 is a guided air-to-surface weapon autonomously navigates to the designated target coordinates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittain Crolley)

In November 2014, the U.S. Air Force began development of a version of the GBU-31 JDAM intended to track and attack sources of electronic warfare jamming directed to disrupt the munitions' guidance.

The designation GBU-31/B was allocated early in the JDAM program to 2000 lb class JDAM bombs with guidance kits from McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Current production JDAMs with 2000 lb class warheads are designated in the GBU-31(V)/B series.

The Joint Direct Attack Munition designated GBU-31 is a 2,000-pound class munition guided by an $18,000 tail kit. JDAM is a family of guided air-to-surface weapons that is comprised of the...

Developed by Boeing for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy, the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance tail kit converts unguided, free-fall "dumb" bombs into accurate, all-weather "smart" Guided Bomb Units (GBU).

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) GBU-31 is a tailkit under development to meet both USAF and Navy needs, with the Air Force as the lead service. The program will produce a weapon with high accuracy, all-weather, autonomous, conventional bombing capability.

gbu-31/32/38 jdam Joint Direct Attack Munition is a GPS/INS-guided, autonomous, all-weather surface attack weapon. The joint USAF-Navy program upgrades the existing inventory of general-purpose bombs by adding a GPS/INS guidance kit for accurate all-weather attack from medium/high altitudes.

joint direct attack munitions gbu 31/32/38 Mission The Joint Direct Attack Munition is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, adverse weather "smart" munitions.

An inert 2000lb GBU-31 JDAM on the number 3 station of a USAF F-16. (USAF photo) The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, all-weather guided bombs.

May 12, 2022 · The test, which happened on April 28, 2022, saw an F-15E Strike Eagle releasing a modified 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and successfully destroying a full-scale surface...