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More Advanced Sniper Targeting Pods Destined for Middle East
Lockheed Martin has received a direct commercial sale contract from the Air Force and Air Defence (AFAD) of a Middle East customer in a deal marking the first integration of Sniper ATP on the Mirage aircraft. As this AFAD customer currently employs Sniper ATP on its F-16 aircraft, the contract is for expedited delivery of Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP), spares and upgrades supporting the customer’s requirement to provide precision targeting capability for their existing Mirage 2000 fleet.
Sniper ATP is not only in use with the U.S. Air Force, but also in over 27 international customers as a global leader in precision targeting and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Underlining the fact that more than 1,450 pods have been delivered worldwide, Kenen Nelson, Fixed Wing Programs director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control concludes that, “The additional Sniper ATPs and upgrades will enhance our customer’s precision targeting capability.”
Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod
The Sniper ATP provides pilots with high-resolution imagery for precision targeting in non-traditional missions. It detects, identifies, automatically tracks and laser-designates small tactical targets at long ranges and supports the employment of laser- and GPS-guided weapons against multiple fixed and moving targets.
Combat proven on the F-15E and F-16, the Sniper ATP is the most widely deployed targeting system for fixed-wing aircraft in use by U.S. forces, while also being the targeting system of choice for many international allies across multiple platforms. The Sniper’s advanced targeting technology and features now provide new possibilities for meeting the challenges of Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (NTISR) in addition to bringing increased precision to strike missions.
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Being chosen by more than 27 customers worldwide for its superior air-to-ground and air-to-air performance, the Sniper ATP isn’t just any old targeting pod but interoperable across a variety of fighter and bomber aircraft, including variants of the F-15, F-16, F-18, B-1, B-52, A-10 and F-2.
Sniper ATP is not just ready for today’s challenges but tomorrow’s too because its open mission systems architecture easily enables upgrades and enhancements through line-replaceable units and re-configurable software. Lockheed Martin’s pledge is to invest continuously to ensure that Sniper ATP is the most capable targeting pod available and one that supports 4th and 5th generation targeting requirements.
Recent upgrade efforts include:
• Two-colour laser spot tracking
• Global Scope software / advanced NTISR modes
• Additional enhancements ensuring that Sniper ATP remains the pod of choice for customers worldwide.
How Sustainable is Sniper?
In 2014, the U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defence awarded the Sniper ATP team the Performance-Based Logistics Award in recognition of its outstanding achievements in providing sustainment support to warfighters.
In partnership with Robins Air Force Base, the Lockheed Martin team has managed to perform a variety of sustainment efforts, including maintenance, repairs, and obsolescence provisions.
It is the fact that the Sniper ATP’s availability rate, the mean time between maintenance event rate and the mean time between failure rate are three of the best in the industry that ensures the Sniper ATP is always ready when warfighters need it.
Why Choose Sniper ATP?
With Sniper ATP, customers know they are getting a targeting pod that takes on toughest challenges of tomorrow as well as today. In addition, there are many reasons for Sniper being the optimal choice.
Firstly, superior targeting performance in air-to-ground, air-to-air and maritime environments. Secondly, ongoing spiral development efforts and technology upgrades.
Thirdly, a plug-and-play interface that allows for easy integration across aircraft platforms. Lastly, a proven sustainment programme that enables low life cycle costs.
In October 2019, Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) successfully completed its fit check on the FA-50 platform, marking a significant step in the pod’s aircraft integration. The FA-50 is a light combat aircraft manufactured by Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., in partnership with Lockheed Martin.
Moreover, the Sniper ATP has completed several key milestones since Korea Aerospace Industries, LTD. awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for its integration on to its FA-50 platform. The fit check verified the engineering, physical connections and interfaces, as well as validating the upload and download procedures of the pod.
Sniper will continue to go through various tests to verify areas such as the electromagnetic interference, laser mask zone, and aircraft transfer alignment parameters, all concluding with a flight test. Nonetheless, Lockheed Martin is on track to complete integration of Sniper ATP on the FA-50 by August 2020 and achieve full certification by the end of 2020.
In summary, Sniper ATP provides an affordable and interoperable targeting pod solution for the FA-50 platform by offering capability enhancements like high-resolution imagery for precision targeting and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Supporting the employment of laser-guided and GPS-guided weapons against multiple fixed and moving targets, the Sniper ATP’s video datalink capability, superior imagery, and weapon quality coordinates also enable pilots to make rapid targeting decisions and so improve their survivability.
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