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The Navy recently conducted the first successful test flights of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING targeting pods on the Boeing [BA] F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the company said on Wednesday. In these tests, Super Hornet pilots performed maneuvers and operations meant to be representative of combat missions, like ground moving target tracking, air-to-air tracking and target designation. The pilots also engaged the pod’s “eye-safe training laser mode,” which allows the pod to be used in realistic training with combat controllers…
