Up-close Look of F-16’s Targeting Pod: Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod

The Lockheed Martin Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod is a targeting pod for military aircraft that provides positive target identification, autonomous tracking, GPS coordinate generation, and precise weapons guidance from extended standoff ranges. The system has been designated AN/AAQ-33 in U.S. Military Service as the Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP). Further variants are the Sniper Extended Range (XR), as well as the PANTERA export derivative of the Sniper XR. (Read more: