The US has contracted with Lockheed Martin to provide 18 Sniper advanced targeted pod for the Block 52 F-16s going to Pakistan. A Lockheed statement notes that Pakistan will be the eighth international customer for the Sniper ATP. The company expects to begin deliveries next year. The US and Pakistan reached agreement on the sale of 36 new F-16s to Pakistan last year.
The Space Force should take bold, decisive steps—and soon—to develop the capabilities and architecture needed to support more flexible, dynamic operations in orbit and counter Chinese aggression and technological progress, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
