|
Specifications
|
| Primary
Function: |
Air-to-surface
guided and powered bomb |
| Mission |
Offensive
counter air, close air support/interdiction, suppression of enemy air defenses,
naval anti-surface warfare |
| Targets |
Fixed
hard, fixed soft |
| Service |
Air
Force |
| Contractor: |
Rockwell
International Corp. |
| Thrust: |
Classified |
| Length: |
12
feet, 10.5 inches (3.90 meters) |
| Launch
Weight: |
2,917
pounds (1,312.65 kilograms) |
| Diameter
(in.) |
15/18
(bomb); 9 (rocket motor) |
| Wingspan: |
59
inches (149.86 centimeters) |
| Range: |
more
than 40 miles |
| Accuracy: |
|
| Ceiling: |
30,000-plus
feet (9,091 meters) |
| Speed: |
Classified |
| Guidance
System: |
television
or imaging infrared seeker |
| Warhead |
BLU-109/MK
84 |
| Explosive |
Tritonal
945
lbs. (MK-84);
535
lbs. (BLU-109) |
| Fuze |
FMU-124A/B
(Nose and Tail, MK-84);
FMU-143
(Tail, BLU-109) |
| Program
status |
Production |
| Date
Deployed: |
December
1994 (F-111 F) |
| Inventory: |
The
missile is in production. When in the inventory the number will be classified.
The Air Force had planned to buy about 4,048 kits. However, that number
was reduced to about 2,300 units and for fiscal year 1995 was further reduced
to 502. Currently eight lots of AGM-130 missiles have been authorized for
a total procurement quantity of 674. |
| Development
cost |
$192.048
million [The cost is for the AGM-130 only. Air Force reports development
cost for the AGM-130C at $11.513 million.] |
| Production
cost |
$443.908
million |
| Total
acquisition cost |
$647.47
million |
| Acquisition
unit cost |
$1.27
million |
| Production
unit cost |
$884,279
The Air Force never awarded a full-rate production contract and the production
unit cost of the munition rose from an estimated $261,500 to $884,279. |
| Relative
costs of AGM-130 components |
| Seeker |
21% |
| Control |
20% |
| Data
Link |
22% |
| Warhead |
4% |
| Propulsion |
19% |
| Adaptor
Group |
14% |
|
| Platforms |
F-15E,
F-111 |
