Kuwaiti Typhoons Get Sniper Pods
 

Kuwaiti Typhoons to receive Sniper pods

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to provide Sniper advanced targeting pods for Eurofighter Typhoons used by Kuwait.

Under a contract with the Aircraft division of Leonardo-Finmeccanica, one of the consortium that produces the Typhoon, Lockheed Martin will supply 18 pods for Kuwaiti Typhoons, plus integration and logistics support, according to a Lockheed Martin news release.

"This contract marks the start of a successful relationship with the Eurofighter consortium to provide critical targeting capability worldwide," said Ken Fuhr, director of fixed-wing programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "As a new Sniper ATP user, the Kuwait Air Force will see significant targeting benefits, including high-resolution imagery, advanced targeting modes, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities."

Pod deliveries will begin in 2017.

I'm sure LM is pleased but given the sole competitive choice is the (Israeli) LITENING-G4/G5, this is not entirely unpredicted, given the only other competitors (Terminator/ATFLIR) and Damocles are at least two generations back.

It remains to be seen however if the Kuwaitis will get the full ATP-SE with the multispectral imager in the 2,000+ detector count, the laser target silhouette mapper or the enhanced A2A/Maritime (pseudo IRST) modes plus imbedded datalink.

To put this in perspective: While nominally of the same component heritage, Sensor Enhancement on the Sniper is about 1 generation ahead of the AAQ-40 EOTS on the F-35.

Luk at duh pretee pikichur...
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