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U.S. Navy Super Hornet Makes First Flight With Litening Targeting Pod

September 7, 2022 David Cenciotti

The Litening pod will replace the ATFLIR targeting pods used on the F/A-18 fleet. The Litening ATP (advanced targeting pod) has completed its first test flights on the U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, Northrop Grumman […]

Here’s how a Typhoon multirole aircraft can hit two targets at the same time with a single targeting pod

April 29, 2013 David Cenciotti

The recent article about the Typhoon fighter jet performing first laser guided, self designating, simultaneous guided bomb drops sparked some debate. Although other aircraft are known to have similar capabilities, some readers asked how a […]