Lockheed Martin's advanced infrared search-and-track (IRST) system has reached initial operating capability (IOC) on the US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft. This new system, named IRST21, is a ...

The system is part of a double use pod, with the IRST Block II sensor, also known as IRST21, housed in the front of the FPU-13/A fuel tank that is carried on the jet’s centerline. The FPU-13/A ...

Data analysis is ongoing. As we have discussed before, including with the Super Hornet program manager, the centerline-mounted F/A-18E/F IRST pod provides the aircraft with a long-wave infrared sensor ...