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Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new version of its Sniper targeting pod with added networking capabilities primarily designed to enable new connectivity between fourth-generation fighters and stealthy F-35s, but which also offers the ability to create localized 'kill webs' with various assets in the air and on the ground.
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Networked Sniper Pod Will Let 4th-Generation Fighters Create ‘Kill Webs’ With F-35s

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 26, 2024

Recently released pictures of a Bahraini Block 70 F-16D Viper undergoing testing in the United States show what one of these jets might look like one an actual combat mission.
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Our First Look At An Armed-Up Block 70 F-16 Viper

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper
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Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

SUPER HORNET LITENING POD
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LITENING Targeting Pod Tested On F/A-18 Super Hornet For First Time

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Sep 8, 2022

Mysterious Pod Carried By Air Force Reaper Drone That Crashed In Romania
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Mysterious Pod Carried By Air Force Reaper Drone That Crashed In Romania

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 20, 2022

F22 upgrades NGAD Fuel Tanks pods
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F-22 Raptor’s Future Upgrades Appear In Art Posted By Air Force General

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 28, 2022

Rare Pod Simulated AIM-120 Missile Engagements During Massive War Game
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Rare Pod Simulated AIM-120 Missile Engagements During Massive War Game

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 4, 2021

Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)
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Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Apr 16, 2021

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does
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Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs
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Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019