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DOT&E Warns Super Hornet Sensor Pod Schedule Does Not Allow Time For Deficiency Resolution Before Testing

DOT&E Warns Super Hornet Sensor Pod Schedule Does Not Allow Time For Deficiency Resolution Before Testing
An F/A-18 Super Hornet equipped with a Block II Infrared Search and Track prepares for its first flight with the long-range sensor. The passive sensor, which provides aircrew with enhanced targeting, will be delivered with Super Hornet Block III aircraft and is at the front of the centerline fuel tank. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy’s top weapons tester warned the service’s proposed schedule for operational testing of the new F/A-18E/F Super Hornet centerline pod sensor with a fire control system does not allow much time to find and solve problems with the system before the planned start of initial testing. The Defense Department released the latest annual report of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) on Jan. 20. The Lockheed Martin [LMT] IRST Block II consists of a pod with a…

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