Australia Orders Over $100M in LITENING Targeting Pods

HUG a Hornet today!(click to view full) In 2008, the Northrop Grumman/ Rafael LITENING surveillance and targeting pod was chosen as the preferred surveillance and weapons targeting system for Australia’s upgraded F/A-18A/B Hornet fighter aircraft, in a contract worth more than $100 million. While the make was not disclosed in releases, DID was able to get confirmation that the order was for advanced model LITENING AT pods, that the effort is part of the Defence Procurement Office, Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office’s Hornet Upgrade (HUG) program, and that the project value quoted is the unclassified value and extends beyond the acquisition of the pods Australia’s has been running the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office’s Hornet Upgrade project for its 71 RAAF F/A-18 A/B Hornets, and assessed 3 systems. * Australia’s Options * Contracts & Key Events Australia’s Options LITENING AT(click to view full) Australia’s Defence Procurement Office, Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office has been running the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office’s Hornet Upgrade project, and assessed 3 systems: LITENING, Raytheon’s Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infra-Red (ATFLIR) pod, and Lockheed Martin’s Sniper/ Pantera pod. ATFLIR is currently in use on U.S. Navy F/A-18s (USMC F/A-18s use LITENING ATs); see “Pilots in […]