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SAS 15: Successful first flight of a US Navy F/A 18 Super Hornet fitted with Lockheed's Sniper pod

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Sea-Air-Space 2015 - Lockheed Martin Sniper ATP
 
 
 
SAS 15: Successful first flight of a US Navy F/A 18 Super Hornet fitted with Lockheed's Sniper pod
 
Lockheed Martin announced today at Sea-Air-Space 2015, which is held from 13-15 April at National Harbor, the successful first flight of a US Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft fitted with Lockheed's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP).
     
Lockheed Martin announced today at Sea-Air-Space 2015, which is held from 13-15 April at National Harbor, the successful first flight of a US Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft fitted with Lockheed's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP).
Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod fitted on a US Navy F/A 18F Super Hornet multirole fighter aircraft
(Credit: Lockheed Martin)
     
On March 30, 2015, Lockheed Martin's Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) successfully completed its first flight test aboard a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet. Lockheed Martin team members collaborated with Boeing and the U.S. Navy to complete necessary software updates and aircraft modifications for the initial flight test, which occurred at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California.

Sniper is the most widely deployed targeting system for fixed-wing aircraft in use by the U.S. Air Force and is also the targeting system of choice for more than 16 international air forces. In addition to fulfilling precision strike mission requirements, Sniper is changing the way armed forces operate in theater with new capabilities to meet the challenges of non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Providing mission-critical capabilities for aircrew survivability and mission success, Sniper specializes in long-range target detection/identification and continuous surveillance for all missions, including close air support of ground forces. Superior imagery, a video datalink, and J-series weapons-quality coordinates enhance the warfighter’s ability to rapidly detect and analyze air and ground targets while keeping aircrews out of threat ranges.