Textron Defense Systems of Massachusetts will provide sensor-fuzed weapons to India through a U.S. Air Force contract. The Foreign Military Sale agreement for 512 CBU-105 sensor-fuzed bombs is worth $257 million. The company said $126 million of the total amount is funded immediately.
"We believe that SFW is truly the best area attack weapon in the world," said Ellen Lord, senior vice president and general manager of Textron Defense Systems. "Through a process of rigorous research, testing and analysis, we have created a weapon that is reliable, safe and meets current clean battlefield standards."
Textron, which disclosed the sale from an aerospace and defense exposition in India, said its SFW is unique among munitions systems because of its redundant technologies for clean battlefield operation. SFW has been engineered to eliminate the risk of unacceptable harm to civilians.
As a result, it is the only air-delivered weapon that meets the strict unexploded ordnance criteria for cluster munitions -- less than 1 percent UXO in intended operational environments -- set forth by the U.S. secretary of defense in 2008.
TVNL Comment: Oh, Goodie.....a safe bomb designed for 'clean battlefield standards." Huh?
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