Tony Osborne
December 01, 2025

Lockheed Martin F-35 on ground

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST

The UK plans to acquire the GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II to give its Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters a long-desired standoff capability. Purchase of the Raytheon-developed GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) will be featured in the upcoming UK Defense Investment Plan, people with…

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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