Boeing’s GBU-75 JDAM LR has moved the JDAM family from glide bomb to powered standoff weapon, with Navy test flights in early April covering about 200 nautical miles from an F/A-18 over the Point Mugu Sea Range.
The design adds a Kratos TDI-J85 turbojet to the existing JDAM glide-wing concept, while preserving compatibility with current aircraft interfaces and 500-pound-class warheads. Boeing is pitching the weapon as a lower-cost, high-volume alternative between standard JDAM-ER and cruise missiles, with a reported operational reach above 300 nautical miles and a decoy configuration that trades warhead for fuel.
The Navy’s next step is qualification and shipboard integration, which could widen the pool of platforms able to deliver long-range precision strike.