General Information
Griffin is an add-on kit adding laser guide capabilities to Mark 82, Mark 83, and Mark 84 and other unguided bombs. It includes optional GPS guidance. The Griffin was developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) in 1990. Bombs using the kit have been used on A-4, F-4E, F-15, F-16, Kfir, Super Tucano, Jaguar, and Atlas Cheetah D fighter jets.
In 2009 IAI sold Griffin-3 Griffin kits for $50m to India.[1]Israeli Griffin 3 bomb guidance kits for the Indian Air Force news [2]IAI sold for $50m laser kits to East Asian country
Use by Israeli Forces
Israel used Griffins in 1988 against Palestinian targets in southern Lebanon and against Hezbollah in 1996 during Operation Grapes of Wrath.