It should be noted that "Paveway II" specifically refers to the guidance kit; rather than the weapon itself.
The guidance kits for beam riding and providing an accurate flight path have been fitted at the front and rear ends of the bomb.
The guidance kits were intended as modifications to existing free fall bombs that were in service with the French Air Force.
"Paveway II" refers specifically to the guidance kit, rather than to the weapon itself.
AASM comprises a frontal guidance kit and a rear-mounted range extension kit matched to a dumb bomb.
The current model features a 250 kg bomb matched to a nose-mounted guidance kit and a rear-mounted range extension kit, containing a rocket booster and enlarged fins.
If the laser illumination is lost, the bomb stops guiding and follows a roughly ballistic path, although interference from the guidance kit can lead to the weapon wandering off course.
The guidance kit will triple the range of JDAM to 80 km for the same accuracy, and will cost $10,000 per unit.
April 2010: ATK's XM395 wins the U.S. Army's competition for the preferred mortar guidance kit.
It also produces explosives, guidance kits, propellants, demolition charges, initiators, pyrotechnics, and warheads for missiles, torpedoes and depth charges.
