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Air Force Upgrading LITENING Targeting Pods To Increase Range And Accuracy

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

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Air Force Upgrading LITENING Targeting Pods To Increase Range And Accuracy

LITENING Large Aperture features new sensors and software which increase image resolution and target identification capabilities from stand-off ranges. Photo: Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman [NOC] will upgrade the Air Force’s fleet of LITENING targeting pods with a new large aperture (LA) pod that increases the range for aircrews to detect, track, identify, and acquire targets for different missions. The new capabilities that come with LITENING LA have the same form factor as earlier versions of the LITENING pod and can be integrated into the legacy pods with no modifications, Northrop Grumman said on Tuesday. More than 920 LITENING electro-optical/infrared sensing pods have…

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