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New Advanced Travel Pod Designed For the F-35A Delivered To Eielson AFB

The MXU-1072/A 5th generation travel pod is carried inside the F-35A Lightning II’s weapons bays.

A travel pod is usually an external fuel tank or canister, that has been adapted with an external door and internal shelves equipped with tie-downs, enabling the transportation of baggage. This setup is commonly used to carry various items during XC (Cross Country) missions or deployments, when aircrews need to accommodate a few small overnight bags as well as other stuff (like, for instance, squadron swag to be sold at airshows).

While previous generation aircraft carry the travel pod on one of the external stations, the F-35 has been equipped with an internal “5th generation pod”, also known as the Advanced Travel Pod (ATP).

At least one of the first ATPs ordered by the U.S. Air Force for the F-35A Lighting II fleet has been delivered to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, the base announced with a post on Facebook on Apr. 28, 2024.

“The 356th Fighter Squadron have helped unveil a new Advanced Travel Pod designed for the F-35A Lightning II at Eielson”, says the FB post. “The ATP is a 5th generation travel pod meant to succeed the legacy models and fit the needs of the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment structure”.

No additional detail is provided, besides a few photographs showing the base’s personnel at work on the pod.

The pod shown in the photographs is the KIHOMAC MXU-1072/A ATP. First rolled out in 2021 , the pod is a carbon fiber construction designed and manufactured at KIHOMAC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Layton, Utah. It was designed for internal use on the F-35 with many features not available on previous generation’s travel pods, like the MXU-648/A, based on the BLU-27/B napalm canister used on the F-16, A-10, F-15 and other types.

In particular, the new ATP features include:

• Larger access doors for improved access and versatility for outsized equipment.
• KIHOMAC’s Integrated Tie-down System with more flexibility for storage of odd-sized items and proper security of all items for flight.
• Lighter weight design, at over 40 pounds less than the legacy pod it is easily manageable by two crew members.
• Larger storage space with nearly 3 times more internal storage than the legacy pod (12 cubic-feet).
• Standard NATO Lug spacing to ensure compatibility with U.S. military services and international partners
• Removable end caps for easy loading and unloading of long items.
• Stabilization feet to prevent rolling and unnecessary wear during ground operations
• Quick release latches to improve handling and access for F-35 crews.

According to KIHOMAC, the F-35 JPO (Joint Program Office) issued the Airworthiness Certification for the MXU-1072/A last month, effectively giving the green light to the field use of the first pods. “We are well on our way to delivering the first 130 pods ordered by the Air Force’s F-35 FMO [Fleet Management Office] last September, with the initial delivery planned for early April 2024” said the company on a LinkedIn post.

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F-15 Uses New Infrared Pod To Shoot Down Target F-16 With AIM-120 Missile

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Posted on Aug 10, 2021 8:19 PM EDT

The U.S. Air Force’s push to get Infrared Search and Track (IRST) systems to its F-15C/D Eagle cadre , and other jets in the future, hit a huge milestone on August 5, 2021, when an Eagle from Eglin Air Force Base’s 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron shot down a QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) with an AIM-120 missile using its IRST for targeting.

The Legion Pod-equipped F-15C has already proven itself in tests when employing the shorter-ranged AIM-9X Sidewinder, but not the AIM-120 AMRAAM , which is the Eagle’s beyond-visual-range weapon. 

Major Brian Davis, 85th TES Chief of Air-to-Air Weapons and Tactics, stated the following in an Air Force release: 

“This successful live missile test is significant because an F-15 equipped with an IRST-cued AIM-120 allows us to achieve detection, tracking, targeting, weapons employment, and verification of an intercept without being dependent upon RADAR energy… It’s also not susceptible to radiofrequency jamming or a target’s low observable design.”

The ability to detect, track, sort, and even identify aerial targets without using radar at beyond-visual-ranges is a massive upgrade for the mighty Eagle and comes at a time when stealthy aircraft and cruise missiles are beginning to proliferate around the globe . The Air Force is already rushing to  modify its high-end training to confront this reality, but the IRST, with its detection capabilities uninfluenced by low-observable (stealthy) radar-evading designs, can’t come soon enough. 

The passive nature of the sensor—unlike radar, it gives off no electromagnetic radiation—also provides for a whole new set of tactics that can really challenge an enemy’s ability to detect and locate fighter aircraft leveraging the IRST, especially when paired with electronic warfare. The F-15C/D’s AN/APG-63V3 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) still provides the AIM-120 mid-course updates of target telemetry garnered from the IRST and sent via the datalink from the radar itself, but apparently, that is very hard to detect. 

The Air Force is already testing the Legion Pod-equipped IRST on its F-16s, which, combined with their new AESA radar, will give a major boost in air-to-air prowess to the aging fighters. F-16s have been playing with various iterations of the IRST21 sensor—the same one found in the F-15C/D’s Legion Pod—in podded form for about a decade, some of which has been done for clandestine research and development . An IRST capability also appears to be a primary sensor option for the Skyborg autonomous drone program. You can read more about this development here and here . 

The two together, AESAs and IRSTs, really are more than the sum of their parts as each sensor can support the other. For instance, the IRST may be able to detect a low-observable target long before the radar can, but once its bearing and elevation are known, the AESA can try to detect it with a very powerful and focused radar beam. Likewise, the IRST can help maintain tracking and provide identification for the AESA radar, and so on. Other sensors can be combined synergistically similarly, like advanced Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Sniper targeting pod . And of course, this information can be shared via datalink to other platforms. So we are talking about much more than just a new independent sensor here.

You can read in great detail just what advanced IRSTs bring to the fight and how they would be employed creatively in these past articles of ours linked here and here .

Lt. Col. Jacob Lindaman, also of the 85th TES, adds:

“This proves the capabilities of the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Air Force to lethally target an aircraft outside of the traditional radar electromagnetic spectrum…  Pairing that with the ability to also adopt the Legion Pod on any platform sets a precedent for what’s to come.” 

While testing of the F-15’s IRST has been ongoing for years, getting to trial actual live-fire, full kill-chain, engagements against high-performance targets shows the system is maturing into an operational capability. 

The Navy is also rushing its IRST into service , which uses the same basic IRST21 sensor, but in a very different pod configuration and with a different backend. Regardless, both services should have this capability in a relatively widespread manner, fairly soon. This will complicate enemies’ ability to counter U.S. air-to-air tactics, as well as increasing overall lethality and awareness for U.S. fighter crews. 

We will continue to keep you abreast as to U.S. IRST developments, but suffice it to say that this long-awaited capability is finally coming in hot.

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US Air Force latest sensor pod on F-15C Eagle achieves IOC .

The US Air Force reached initial operating capability on its latest infrared search and track pod integrated on the F-15C Eagle, Jan. 21, 2022.

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The IRST pod, known as the Legion Pod, is a sensor that uses the infrared spectrum to help pilots to track and engage enemy aircraft in environments, where traditional radar technology is denied. The pod also provides a way of monitoring enemy aircraft from extended ranges that normally go undetected, boosting the effectiveness of the F-15C and its ability to dominate the battlespace.

“In today’s warfighting environment, not only do we have the capability and technology to jam and counter radar, but our enemies do, too,” said Maj. Daniel Hermanski,  Air Combat Command (ACC)’s F-15 requirements branch chief. “This pod is the next step for countering jamming technology and allowing our warfighters to fight and track the enemy in contested environments.”

According to Lockheed Martin, the Legion Pod can accommodate additional sensors within its structure, making the task of integrating new capabilities possible with minimal aircraft modifications. The versatility and adaptability of the pod design provides for integration on other fighter aircraft such as the F-16 and F-15EX.

“It’s a game-changer,” said Todd Mathes, ACC’s F-15C program element monitor. “The capabilities this pod provides are critical to the way we provide combat power and keeps us at the leading edge of the fight.”

As the lead major command for all fighters, ACC is responsible for equipping the fighter force regardless of whether they own the unit operationally. Reaching IOC on this pod is an example of ACC’s continued collaboration with fighter units across the Air Force and the test and evaluation squadrons at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

“We work closely with our Air Force and industry partners to identify and eliminate gaps in our capabilities, which our enemies would attempt to exploit,” said Mathes. “This allows us to field and test new technologies to determine the best fit to give us an edge in battlefield decision making.”

The Legion Pod is projected to reach full operational capability later this year as the remaining contracted pods are delivered to tactical F-15C squadrons.

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Here’s The First Shot Of The F-15C Pod That Will Change How The Air Force Fights

One of the most important programs that the U.S. Air Force is undertaking is far from glamorous and comes with a funny name: Talon HATE. But this podded system will be vital for eliminating communications barriers between the F-22 and F-15C/D fleets, as well as other weapon systems. It’s showing for the first time on the belly of an Operational Test F-15C flying out of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Here’s how it works.

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The Talon HATE (and by the way, nobody seems to know what that stands for) system includes air-to-air, air-to-ground and satellite data links. Not only will this large pod work as an essential communications bridge and data-fusion center, but it also provides America’s F-15C/D Eagle fleet with a serious sensor enhancement via the installation of an Infrared Search and Track system (IRST) at the 17 foot-long, 1,800 pound pod’s forward tip.

Talon HATE will work in a very similar way as the Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) , which is currently deployed on Air Force E-11 and EQ-4 as well as NASA WB-57 aircraft today, but in a tactical instead of strategic one.

Boeing describes the Talon HATE system as such:

Scheduled to be initially carried by F-15C fighter aircraft, the pod combines information from fourth and fifth-generation fighter aircraft, national sources and joint command and control assets. The system assimilates information in real-time from multiple domains. The data will then be transmitted over a common data-link for use by joint aircraft, ships and ground stations, improving communication and information sharing across the battlefield. The single operational picture formed by Talon HATE is claimed to provide soldiers with a capability to more efficiently engage and defend against ‘next-generation’ threats.

Basically it’s a fighter-mounted universal translator, data-fusion center, and router that takes various data-links’ waveforms and “languages,” and fuses their information into a single common picture. It then rebroadcasts that common picture multiple waveforms and “languages” so that everyone in the battlespace is on the same page and can exploit a much more detailed rendering of where the enemy is and where the good guys are.

This will allow American F-15C/D and other so-called “legacy” fighters, allied aircraft, ships, and ground and command-and-control assets that use MIDS/JTIDS Link 16 data links common to NATO countries to see what the F-22 sees. It does this by receiving and translating the F-22’s proprietary and stealthy Intra-flight data link (FIDL) transmissions into data the MIDS/Link 16 data link terminals can display.

This is a very big deal as F-22s are some of the most capable sensor platforms in the world. Their ALR-94 electronic surveillance measures (ESM) and radar warning receiver suite can sniff out the locations of enemy radars and communications, and classify them accordingly. The aircraft’s APG-77 AESA radar is also highly capable, especially considering it will likely be operating forward of other non-stealthy enemy forces, peering deep into enemy territory.

The F-22 does not have Link 16 transmission capability like most other combat aircraft because that system was not designed for stealthy aircraft and its omni-direction emissions could give away the F-22’s presence. As such, the F-22 can currently receive information via Link 16 compatible broadcasts, but it cannot send them. In other words, an F-22 can see what an F-15C sees sensor-wise, but not the other way around.

The Talon HATE pod will basically masquerade as another F-22, with Raptors beaming back information to it for processing and redistribution on MIDS/Link 16 waveforms. This will allow F-15C/Ds to see the F-22’s tactical picture, and other aircraft will be able to as well.

In addition to being a flying data-fusion center and super wireless hot-spot, Talon HATE also features the aforementioned IRST mounted on the tip of its pod. Currently, the Air Force lacks any IRST capability, including the F-22. So this secondary capability gives the F-15C/D Eagle a much needed set of passive detection eyes.

For context, make sure to read all about how an IRST works and how it changes the air-to-air combat realm in this previous Foxtrot Alpha in-depth feature :

Talon HATE’s IRST data will also be integrated into the common picture, so that F-22s can make use of it. This will allow the stealth and fast jets to super-cruise out to a target and engage it without ever turning on their own radars, and thus not emitting any electromagnetic energy that the enemy could spot. Additionally, the pod’s IRST can be equally effective when F-22s are not present, giving the F-15C/D fleet a much needed way for detecting stealthy aircraft and cruise missiles or taking on targets without turning on their powerful radars.

Most importantly, this system will greatly enhance the Eagle-Raptor air dominance team. With only about 125 combat coded F-22s in service, the Air Force will partially rely on the F-15C/D when it comes to air superiority for decades to come. By sharing a common picture, tactics can be better tailored to take advantage of each aircraft’s strengths and weaknesses.

For instance, the F-15C/D’s new APG-63V3 Active Electronically Scanned Array radar is the most powerful in the world. Being able to search for enemy aircraft deep in enemy airspace, the F-15C/D can data-link its radar picture to the F-22, which can operate far ahead of the Eagle safely. By relying primarily of the F-15C/D’s radar picture, the F-22 can use its radar as little as possible, which will lessen its chances of detection.

As the F-22 moves farther ahead of the battle lines, its passive sensors, which emit no electromagnetic energy that can be detected, can sniff out enemy aircraft formations, and this information can be shared with F-15C/Ds.

Such tactics will allow the F-22 to streak out ahead of the F-15s and club the enemy without them ever knowing they are there, all they would see are F-15C/Ds, with their radars blazing, many miles behind where the Raptors are silently operating. Additionally, once the F-22’s missile stocks run dry, they can switch to a scouting role, calling the shots for F-15s that are heavily laden with air-to-air missiles and operating safely behind the F-22’s stealthy screen. Boeing is well aware of this potential dichotomy and they are offering upgrades that could see F-15s carrying double the missile load they can today.

What this all amounts to is a maximization of each aircraft’s abilities against an enemy threat. By sharing a common situational picture and targeting data, the F-15C/D and F-22 team become much more potent and synergistic, and other aircraft, ships, and ground assets can benefit from this relationship as well. Without Talon HATE’s data fusion capabilities, this cannot be achieved.

Even without the F-22’s presence, the pod’s ability to provide IRST capability and an indigenous active battlefield network capability to the F-15C/D fleet that reaches from the ground up into space is a capability worth pursuing on its own. This is especially true as current BACN equipped aircraft are highly tasked and not meant to be present on the leading edge of the battlefield. This is an especially large problem for anti-access environments , where lumbering support aircraft, like those carrying a BACN system, could be pushed back hundreds of miles from the front lines. And it is in these exact scenarios where having connectivity between F-22s and legacy fighters will be so essential.

Talon HATE represents another step in the Pentagon’s attempt to deal with integrating 5th generation stealth fighters with a fleet of older aircraft that will be around for decades to come. This problem will only be exacerbated by the F-35’s introduction into service.

Currently there is an initiative underway to try and figure out how its unique and stealthy data link can be rebroadcasted to other less advanced assets. But for now, the most pressing need is to get the F-22 and the Air Force’s teen-series fighters, especially the F-15C/D fleet, on the same tactical page, and the Talon HATE pod hopes to do just that.

A special thanks to Dave Chng of Airwingspotter.com for allowing us to use his image of the F-15C carrying the Talon HATE pod. Make sure to check out his site, there are some great aviation shots on there.

All other images via USAF, illustrations via author/Foxtrot Alpha.

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Boeing to provide F-15 Legion Pods

The contract provides for engineering, manufacturing, and development, production, integration, testing and deployment of F-15 Legion Pod IRST Pods

Boeing has been awarded a $208 million contract to supply F-15 Legion Pod infrared search-and-track (IRST) pods.

This sole-source acquisition is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2020.

The Pentagon announced under Release No: CR-164-18 that the contract provides for engineering, manufacturing, and development, production, integration, testing and deployment of F-15 Legion Pod IRST Pods.

“Legion Pod gives the F-15 the ability to search for and track targets in  radar-denied environments ,” says Steve Parker, vice-president F-15 Programs at Global Strike, Boeing Military Aircraft.

Although a USAF platform and upgrade programme, the choice for the F-15C IRST system has been left to Boeing. IRST enables the host aircraft to acquire and track airborne targets through the heat generated by the jet engine and through aerodynamic heating of the airframe as it travels through the atmosphere. Being a passive system, the target aircraft does not know that it is being tracked.

The pod is mounted on the centreline of the jet – mirroring what the  Super Hornet Block III is doing – and the  IRST21 long-wave infrared sensor  being used is the same as the Navy version.

Lockheed Martin will produce  more than 130 systems, which will be delivered for aircraft integration. Equipped with the company’s IRST21  infrared sensor  and advanced data processing capabilities, Legion Pod provides long-range detection and tracking of airborne threats in radar-denied environments.

“With a rapid delivery schedule and unmatched sensing capabilities, Legion Pod will immediately enhance our warfighters’ operations and address a passive attack capability gap,” said Paul Lemmo, vice president of Fire Control/Special Operations Forces Contractor Logistics Support Services at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “Our proven partnerships with Boeing, including on our  U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F IRST21 and international F-15 IRST products, will ensure successful execution of the F-15C Legion Pod program for the U.S. Air Force.”

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Boeing has awarded two contracts to Lockheed Martin for the development and production of Legion Pod for use on the US Air Force’s (USAF) F-15 Eagle tactical fighter aircraft fleet.

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The two awards include a 28-month engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract and a low-rate initial production contract to manufacture 19 Legion Pod systems.

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Under the EMD award, Lockheed Martin will be responsible for the integration, testing and qualification of the new system for the entire F-15C fleet.

The first EMD Legion Pod units will be available for use by the USAF in early next year.

Lockheed Martin missiles and fire control sensors and global sustainment vice-president Michael Williamson said: “With a fully integrated Legion Pod on the F-15 Eagle, the USAF will have a revolutionary capability to counter the most potent threat.

“Concurrent integration and production is a testament to both Legion Pod’s maturity and proven advanced capability that is urgently needed in the field.”

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The first production and spares’ deliveries of the system are slated to commence in 2020 and will help support the airforce’s initial operational capability and fielding.

In September, Lockheed’s Legion Pod was selected as the infrared search and track (IRST) system for the USAF’s F-15C aircraft fleet. Under the deal, the company is committed to manufacturing more than 130 systems to be delivered for aircraft integration.

In the future, the company intends to expand the use of the targeting and sensing technology for other airborne platforms such as the F-15E and F-16 aircraft, as well as unmanned aerial systems.

The system is equipped with Lockheed Martin’s IRST21 sensor, networking and advanced processing technology, which are used to offer high-fidelity detection and tracking of air-to-air targets in radar-denied environments.

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