Lockheed Martin's Sniper pod is majority winner for Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement contract

The US Air Force selected Lockheed Martin as the winner of the 60 percent share of the Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhancement (ATP-SE) competition. Lockheed Martin's Sniper pod offering was determined to be the best overall value to the US Government.

Under the terms of this contract, the Government has options to buy up to 670 pods through 2017. If all options are exercised, Lockheed Martin's share of the program will total more than $1 billion. The initial contract value is $23.5 million, which will provide pods for the Government's test program.

"Lockheed Martin is proud to remain the US Air Force's targeting pod of choice, and we look forward to fielding Sniper in the ATP-SE configuration to provide even greater capability to the Warfighter," said Tom Simmons, vice president of Fire Control at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

With new enhanced sensors for combat identification and a two-way datalink, Sniper expands non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and net-centric capabilities.

Sniper offers an affordable road map for modernizing and enhancing precision targeting capabilities for US Air Force and coalition partner F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1 and B-52 aircraft. The Sniper pod's hardware and software configuration provides continued "plug-and-play" flexibility across services and multiple platforms. The Sensor Enhancement configuration is a field-level upgrade to existing pods.

Source: Lockheed Martin

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