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The upgrade is meant to counter the proliferation of Russian EW systems that caused the effectiveness of Ukrainian Excalibur GPS-guided artillery rounds to decrease from 70% to just 6%.
Six modified Boeing GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, dropped simultaneously from two Lockheed Martin F-16s, established communications with each other and a ground station, and after receiving new instructions mid-flight, autonomously swarmed and hit two targets.
Program aims to advance networked, collaborative and autonomous weapon capabilities through live and virtual testing.,