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Sniper targeting pods for Pakistan Air Force

by Editor
May 1, 2007
in Air Force News
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Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control – Orlando, Orlando, Fla., is being awarded a $54,561,370 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for Sniper targeting pods in the amount of 22 each and associated support for foreign military sales requirements to Pakistan. 

Sniper is the U.S. Air Force's advanced targeting pod (ATP). Its outstanding performance is the result of a superior optical bed design combined with advanced image processing algorithms.

Demonstrating exceptional stability and pointing accuracy in U.S. Air Force flight tests, the pod performed exceptionally well throughout the entire F-16 flight envelope, including the supersonic region. A precision targeting system in a single, lightweight, affordable pod, Sniper ATP is designed for current and future fighter aircraft.

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Sniper advanced targeting pod (ATP) is high performance, affordable, and supportable.
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Incorporating a high-resolution, mid-wave third-generation FLIR; a dual-mode laser; and a CCD-TV, along with a laser spot tracker and a laser marker, the Sniper ATP vastly improves target detection/identification.

The advanced image processing algorithms, combined with rock-steady stabilization techniques, outperform the best systems in service today. Fully compatible with the latest standoff weaponry, the pod provides automatic tracking and laser designation of tactical size targets via real-time imagery presented on cockpit displays.

Likewise, the supersonic, low-observable design results in a substantial reduction in drag and weight.
 
At this time, $27,280,685 have been obligated. Solicitations began March 2007 and negotiations were complete April 2007.This work will be complete December 2010. 
 
Headquarters 542d Combat Sustainment Wing, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8539-07-C-0009).

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