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JDAM/JSOW PP Programming > Should it be Degrees Minutes Decimal Minutes?


Sedlo

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I'll start off by saying I have never dropped a JDAM in real life, let alone flown an aircraft capable of it. But from what I understand from one person who has, is that the programming of the weapon is in degrees, minutes/decimal minutes NOT minutes, seconds/decimal seconds.

 

It's also a referenced a bit in this podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/afterburn-warbirdradiocom/e/78074378?autoplay=true at the 37:33 mark, where they talk about given targets in dd mm ss.ss and it was incompatible with their jet. It's Air Force, but the joint in JDAM would lend itself to inter-service use.

 

Any chance this could be looked into a bit more?

 

All of the radio traffic I've monitored in the last 20 years or so has target coordinates passed in degrees, minutes/decimal minutes.

 

Cheers!

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On 1/8/2021 at 1:47 PM, Sedlo said:

Just going to re-up this, I think it's important to get right.

Which plan? F-18? I think you should ask that question in the F-18 bug subforum (as well).

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