Lockheed to improve, sustain targeting pods under $961M contract

By Rachel Cohen / December 26, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Lockheed Martin last week was awarded $961 million to sustain and modernize around 700 Sniper advanced targeting pods for the Air Force over the next five years. "There's a wide variety of sustainment and upgrade activities included in this contract, such as logistics, spares, software and sensor enhancements," Lockheed spokeswoman Dana Casey said Dec. 19. "Other efforts may include upgrades to test equipment and obsolescence modifications. This contract also includes converting ATP pods to ATP-Sensor Enhancement configuration. Sniper ATP-SE has...

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