An F-15C Eagle from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron on the ramp prior to launching an AIM-9X missile using the Legion Pod, seen on the aircraft’s belly. Credit: U.S. Air Force A new infrared ...

General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) has announced that an Avenger drone managed to autonomously track and follow targets for the first time using a Lockheed Martin Legion sensor pod. The ...

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 ...

The successful completion of the initial flight testing is a further step towards deploying the LITENING pod to the fleet. The LITENING targeting pod has successfully completed its initial flight ...

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. The IRST Block II is ...

Credit: Arrow shows EOTS Aperture. Credit: Lockheed Martin. Members of the nine-nation F-35 team are nearing decisions on how to introduce new capabilities to the forthcoming Block 4 configuration of ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated in July one of its Avenger unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) autonomously tracking and following multiple targets using a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod’s ...

New images have revealed that the United States is testing a modified configuration of the F-22 Raptor featuring stealth-shaped external fuel tanks and mission sensor pods, a combination that could ...

November 2, 2020: The U.S. Navy is introducing an upgraded version (Block 2) of its IRST21 (Infrared Search and Track) long-range heat sensing device. The original (Block 1) IRST21 looked good on ...