German weapons developers are trying to leverage a successful flight-test campaign with their latest precision-guided munition to drum up export interest at a time when their domestic market outlook is bleak. Diehl and the German defense ministry's armaments agency, the BWB, this month completed flight trials of the Hope standoff penetrator glide bomb. The weapon precisely hit its target, says an industry official, although exact details on the standoff range and impact accuracy are being closely guarded.
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