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Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Test Integrating Sniper Pods On Kuwait Super Hornets

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

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Lockheed Martin Completes Flight Test Integrating Sniper Pods On Kuwait Super Hornets

A Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) is pictured on Weapon Station 5 of an F/A-18E/F during the first flight tests for the Kuwait Air Force in March. (Photo: U.S. Navy and Boeing)

Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Navy completed the first flight integrating the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) with the Kuwait Air Force F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, the company said May 27. The Sniper ATM detects, identifies, automatically tracks and laser-designates small tactical targets at long ranges while also supporting laser- and GPS-guided weapons against fixed and moving targets. The company said this integration will give both existing and future Boeing [BA] Super Hornet fleets the ability to add the Sniper…

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