AASM

The Armament Air - Sol Modulaire ( AASM ) is a steering Bomb Kit, developed by Sagem Défense Sécurité for the French Air Force. The AASM was in 2007 in the air and drop testing.

It was originally planned only with INS / GPS equipment, but was still stocked later in the development process with an IR seeker head. A variant with laser seeker is in development. You can use the AASM not only as guided glide bomb, but also as an air - to-ground missile, when you equip with a solid - rocket motor. As a 500 -pound warhead Mark can be used 82 or BLU -111.

The first flight tests were conducted with a GPS-equipped AASM prototype in December 2006 in the southwest of France. According to the manufacturer, the AASM a CEP of ten meters.

2010 ordered France 3400 conversion kits of this type.