, ROLLING MEADOWS: The Finnish Air Force (FiAF) has announced the selection of Northrop Grumman Corporation's third-generation LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) system for its FiAF F-18 Mid-life Update 2 program.
Northrop Grumman's LITENING AT system is a self-contained, multi-sensor weapon-aiming system that enables fighter pilots to detect, acquire, auto-track and identify targets for highly accurate delivery of both conventional and precision-guided weapons.
LITENING AT features advanced image processing for target identification; coordinate generation for GPS weapons; a 640 x 512 pixel forward-looking infrared sensor for effective day and night operations; a new 1,024 x 1,024 pixel charge-coupled device television sensor; a new dual waveband infrared laser designator and range finder; a laser spot tracker; an infrared laser marker; and an optional air-to-ground data link and digital video recorder.
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