Targeting Pods

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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.

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.

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
SUPER HORNET LITENING POD

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 29, 2019