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Australia Trials Litening Pod on C-130J

The RAAF is following the Air National Guard in testing the Litening pod as a means of improving situational awareness for the C-130 crew and ground units.

The Litening pod is carried under the port wing of the C-130J-30 used by the RAAF for system trials. (photo: Royal Australian Air Force)

By Nigel Pittaway

February 5, 2020

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has become just the second air force in the world to integrate Northrop Grumman’s AN/AAQ-28(v) Litening sensor pod with the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules. The pod has previously been trialled by the 189th Airlift Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, on the C-130H version of the Hercules, but the RAAF has integrated it with the digital C-130J-30 aircraft.

The Litening pod is mounted on an underwing pylon fitted outboard of the C-130J-30’s engines. Integration of the system was designed by RAAF C-130J maintenance provider Airbus Australia Pacific, which also performed the installation of the pod and pylon, supported by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman as the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

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