The integration of the IRST pods will make the training experience of USAF 5th generation fighters even more realistic. Top Aces Corp. is among the companies contracted under the Combat Air Forces ...

Let's take a look at why the F-18 Super Hornet may be stealthier than you think. Featuring the F-18's RCS reduction measures, the new IRST pod, and Gallium Nitride or GaN radar, the Block III ...

The US Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet supersonic tactical fighter received a new lease on life in late 2019 when a Block III version of the aircraft flew for the first time equipped with an Infrared ...

What role could holographic and 3D capabilities play in the warfare of tomorrow Billions of pounds earmarked for new munitions factories and submarine expansion ahead of UK Strategic Defence Review ...

USAF adds IRST pod for F-15s. ... The USAF plans to retire about 170 C/D model aircraft in 2010, reducing its non-stealthy air superiority fighter fleet from about 400 to 230 fighters.

Lockheed Martin on Nov. 17 unveiled a miniaturized infrared search and track (IRST) sensor with an embedded processor for the F-16 Block 70/72 series. The Legion-Embedded System (ES) pod has been ...

The US Navy (USN) for the first time in late 2019 flew an F/A-18F Super Hornet carrying an Infrared Search & Track (IRST) Block II pod under the centerline of its undercarriage.

Aircrew of the F/A 18 Super Hornet carrying the Navy’s (IRST) system. Photo: Navair [Avionics Today 12-05-2014] The Navy’s Infrared Search and Track (IRST) system received Milestone C ...

The Air Force is now arming F-15C fighter jets with a new kind of sensor targeting pod that can find and ultimately help destroy targets otherwise undetectable to standard fighter-jet radar detection.

Lockheed Martin's new Legion pod will bring long-range infrared search and track (IRST) capabilities to fourth-generation aircraft, according to a report in Defense News. The company unveiled the pod ...

Northrop Grumman is flying prototypes of a new quick-change targeting pod designed to carry multiple payloads, including a Selex-ES infrared search and track (IRST) system, and has a contract to ...