Joint Direct Attack Munition

It is called the Joint Direct Attack Munition or JDAM.

CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2001 2001

The package also includes an array of weaponry, including Joint Direct Attack Munition smart bomb kits, targeting systems and air-to-air missiles.

Plan on No New F-16s for Taiwan Formalized Nathan Hodge 2011

The Joint Direct Attack Munition is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided gravity bombs, or “dumb bombs,” into all-weather “smart” munitions.

A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010

But there is a difference in this deal, the J-DAM, Joint Direct Attack Munition, is a low cost kit that converts existing dumb bombs into accurate, satellite-guided smart bombs.

CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2007 2007

The JDAM, Joint Direct Attack Munition is an inexpensive device that packs a powerful punch.

CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2002 2002

There's also the JDAM, or Joint Direct Attack Munition, which was used to great effect in the bombing of Kosovo by -- Yugoslavia by NATO.

CNN Transcript - Breaking News: U.S., Britain Launch Air Strike Against Iraqi Radar Installations - February 16, 2001 2001

It appears to me what happens is this is probably a Global Position System JDAM, Joint Direct Attack Munition that took out the transport.

CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2001 2001

Once the weapon is fired, with this GPS pack, it's called JDAM, for Joint Direct Attack Munition.

CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2001 2001

The requests included Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs for the Israel Air Force, as well as a significant expansion of the emergency stores held by the U.S. army in Israel.

Window Into Palestine 2010

Boeing has completed a conceptual prototype for the SE's conformal weapons pod, which will be able to carry air-to-air missiles such as the AIM-9 and AIM-120, and air-to-ground weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition and Small Diameter Bomb, a Boeing statement said.

News From DefenseNews.com 2009