Vayu Aerospace and Defence

LM Sniper Pods for Kuwait

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Lockheed Martin will provide Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) to the Kuwait Air Force for its F/A-18C/D Hornet aircraft. The order was added under Lockheed Martin’s existing foreign military sales indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity contract and includes 14 Sniper ATPs, spares, support equipment and integratio­n. Lockheed Martin had first announced efforts to integrate Sniper ATP on the Kuwait Air Force’s Typhoon aircraft in 2016. Sniper ATP is also used on Canada’s CF-18 and on multinatio­nal F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1, B-52 and F-2 aircraft. Additional­ly, Lockheed Martin is conducting Sniper ATP flight tests on the US Navy’s Super Hornet.

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