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Lockheed to establish Sniper ATP support facility in Saudi

Sniper ATP onboard F-16 Lockheed Martin will establish a Sniper ® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) Expanded Repair Capability facility in Sau...

Sniper ATP onboard F-16
Lockheed Martin will establish a Sniper ® Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP) Expanded Repair Capability facility in Saudi Arabia as a part of an existing offset agreement between the Saudi Arabia Economic Offset Committee and Lockheed.
The first facility established outside the United States, will support the Royal Saudi Air Force’s (RSAF) Sniper ATPs onboard its F-15 fighters.

Lockheed Martin will partner Saudi-based Advanced Electronics Company (AEC) to establish the facility. Lockheed will train AEC technicians to perform maintenance on Sniper ATP line replaceable units, and future AEC support will include managing logistics and completing product upgrades for both Sniper ATP and LANTIRN™ pods.
Lockheed Martin and AEC have previously collaborated on Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision SensorSpecial Repair Activities and LANTIRN targeting and navigation pods.

The Sniper ATP provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges enabling precision strike missions. Sniper ATP provides pilots with high-resolution imagery for precision targeting and non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

An electro-optical targeting system in a single, lightweight pod, Sniper is designed for current and future aircraft. Currently operational with U.S. Air Force and 16 countries, Sniper is interoperable across multiple platforms, including U.S. Air Force and multi-national F-15, F-16, F-18, A-10, B-1 and B-52 aircraft.