U.S lawmakers have approved an urgent funding request of $81.6 million to upgrade the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator.
The Pentagon said the money was needed to “fix issues identified in testing, including tail-fin modifications and integrating a second fuse, enhance weapon capabilities, build test targets and conduct live weapon testing.”
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