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Pakistan Orders Follow-On Contract For Targeting Pods For F-16s

Friday, July 17th, 2015

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Pakistan awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a follow-on foreign military sale contract to produce and upgrade the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) for the Pakistan Air Force's F-16s, the company said on July 14.The contract includes production of 15 Sniper ATPs and upgrades to an existing 22 ATPS already held by Pakistan.ATP deliveries are set to begin in late 2015 because of the Pakistan Air Force’s “urgent operational need,” Lockheed Martin said. Upgrades are set to begin in late 2015 as…

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