Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $30 million split-share competition award to deliver paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits to the U.S. Air Force. Delivery is scheduled to begin in early 2009. Lockheed Martin is a dual-source and qualified provider of the paveway II LGB, of all three variants of the paveway II MK-80 series LGBs and the sole provider of the paveway II Enhanced Laser Guided Training Rounds.

Converting gravity weapons into precision-guided munitions, GBU-12 kits improve weapon accuracy and risks to U.S. and allied ground forces. Each kit consists of a computer control group, which is the front-end guidance system, plus an air foil group, which includes flight stability fins on the back of each paveway II LGB.

Lockheed Martin’s LGB kits can be used by all U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and most international platforms currently authorized to carry and release LGBs. Kits are compatible with existing paveway II LGB logistics infrastructure, equipment, procedures and aircrew operations.

Lockheed Martin has delivered more than 40,000 kits to the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and international customers. Laser-guided bombs have been used successfully in Operation Iraqi Freedom and the global war on terror.