ARA-Developed GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator Tested at Eglin AFB

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) supported the development of the GBU-72 Advanced 5K Penetrator, which was recently released by a 96th Test Wing F-15E Strike Eagle while cruising over the Eglin Air Force Base range at 35,000 feet as part of a test series.

The GBU-72 was developed to overcome hardened deeply buried target challenges and designed for both fighter and bomber aircraft. ARA developed the weapon design and its projected effectiveness using advanced modeling and simulation techniques and processes before the first warhead was forged. This is a repeatable process for all future direct attack weapons.

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Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) was founded in 1979, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to offer science and engineering research to solve problems of national importance. ARA delivers leading-edge products and innovative solutions for national defense, energy, homeland security, aerospace, healthcare, transportation, and manufacturing. With over 2,000 employee-owners at locations in the U.S. and Canada, ARA offers a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil engineering, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, biomedical engineering, environmental technologies, and blast testing and measurement.

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