Air Force Clears Boeing’s New 300-Mile Weapon For Production

The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $75 million contract Wednesday to begin production of the Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range, or GBU-75, a new precision-guided weapon capable of striking targets more than 300 nautical miles away while carrying a 500-pound-class payload. Boeing previously invested nearly $100 million of its own money into developing ...