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Caption:
Patuxent River, MD -- File photo of an F/A-18E Super Hornet
outfitted with a Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP), carried under the
aircraft at its centerline. Designed and developed by Raytheon
for the U.S. Navy, to support advanced day and night all-weather
tactical reconnaissance missions. The system is scheduled for full
deployment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in
2003. SHARP will replace an existing system used to provide
tactical air reconnaissance for U.S. Navy carrier-based air wings,
currently supported by the older F-14 Tomcat fighter
aircraft. U.S. Navy photo by Randy Hepp. (RELEASED)
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