Article Posted on : - Apr 20, 2011

Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod. A Lockheed Martin photo.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA (BNS): The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has received Sniper pods from Lockheed Martin for their F-15K aircraft.

The pods delivered to Daegu Air Base, South Korea, will be immediately deployed into full flight operations with the ROKAF F-15K fleet, a Lockheed Martin statement said.

The Sniper pod identifies targets at long ranges and offers the capability to relay high-resolution streaming video using a video downlink to ground forces for NTISR and rapid target coordination.

In 2009, the Lockheed Martin demonstrated the benefits of Sniper pod’s capability for ROKAF by successfully flying Sniper on the F-15K and the KF-16 aircraft with a common Sniper pod software load.

Sniper pods are flying on US Air Force and multinational F-16, F-15, B-1, F-18, Harrier, A-10 and B-52 aircraft.