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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Integrate Sniper ATPs Onto Kuwait Eurofighter Typhoons

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract To Integrate Sniper ATPs Onto Kuwait Eurofighter Typhoons

Sniper ATP on a U.S. Air Force F-16. Photo: U.S. Air Force.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] received a direct commercial sale contract to integrate Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) onto the Kuwait Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fighter, the company said Wednesday.The company received the contract from and signed it with Eurofighter partner company Leonardo Aircraft. The contract includes 18 total pods as well as integration and logistics support for the Kuwait Air Force’s Typhoons.The Sniper ATP detects, identifies, automatically tracks, and laser-designates small tactical targets at long ranges. It also supports the use…

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