Article Posted on : - Jun 26, 2012

A Northrop Grumman photo.

ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS (BNS): The Danish Ministry of Defence has selected Northrop Grumman's LITENING G4 targeting system for its F-16 fighter aircraft.

Northrop Grumman will supply LITENING G4 pods, data links, spares, support equipment, training and associated logistics support to the Royal Danish Air Force. Deliveries will begin in August 2013.

The LITENING G4 Advanced Targeting Pod delivers the latest advancements in sensor, laser imaging and data link technology, according to Northrop.

The G4's technologies include true 1Kx1K forward-looking infrared and charge-coupled device sensors, short wave infrared laser imaging sensor, colour symbology, tracker improvements and enhanced zoom.

These advancements deliver more accurate target identification and location at longer ranges than previous generations of LITENING targeting pod systems while reducing pilot workload, it said.

With this contract award, Denmark joins the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Israel as users of the Northrop Grumman LITENING family of targeting pods.