HOPE/HOSBO
HOPE (HOchleistungs-PEnetrator = High Performance Penetrator) and HOSBO (HOchleistungs-Spreng-BOmbe = High Performance Explosive Bomb) are a new family of precision-guided munitions, currently under development by Diehl BGT Defence for the German Luftwaffe. Diehl BGT was expected to reach production readiness in 2010, although neither the weapon nor the integration has been ordered so far. German officials have announced that HOPE has greater penetration capability than a USAF GBU-28 munition.
A first test flight with HOPE, carried by a Tornado of the Luftwaffe, took place on 09-04-2008 in Manching, Germany.
A further successful test of the HOPE munition was carried out at the Swedish test range at Vidsel on the 14th of September, 2008.
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