Cluster bombs have a bad rep and for good reasons. Yet, the cluster bomb concept has evolved from the dumbest of dumb bombs into a more targeted and discriminating weapon. One of these new cluster ...

SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS: HOW TO WIN WARS WITHOUT AN ARMY; A key element of modern US war plans is the Sensor Fuzed Weapon. The Air Force plans to buy 2700 CBU-97s (Cluster Bomb Units) and 2300 CBU-97P3I ...

Energized by glowing reports of the Sensor Fuzed Weapon's (SFW's) battlefield debut in Iraq, Textron Systems is planning a major push for technology upgrades and international customers. The CBU-97 ...

Textron, the last U.S. company to build cluster bombs, announced in a securities filing this week that one of its subsidiaries would no longer produce the controversial and internationally derided ...

The Pentagon has notified the US Congress of its offer to sell India CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons (SFW) worth $375 million to help the "Indian Air Force to develop and enhance standardisation and ...

Live drop tests of Textron Systems' BLU-108 sensor-fuzed weapon smart submunition from a DRS Technologies Sentry HP unmanned air vehicle (UAV) have taken place at Eglin AFB, Florida, as part of ...

Textron Defense Systems has launched production of its CBU-105 sensor fuzed weapon (SFW) for India, following the receipt of a contract to supply 512 examples to the nation's air force. The US company ...