Collins Aerospace, one of the world’s largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products announced the successful completion of the first flight test of the company’s newest Fast-Jet reconnaissance pod, the MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system, on an F-16 fighter jet. The test was done for an undisclosed international customer. The test flight demonstrated the aircraft integration, flightworthiness, and full-system performance within the demanding confines of tactical jet flight envelopes. Collins Aerospace is a Raytheon Technologies subsidiary.
The advanced MS-110 Multispectral Airborne Reconnaissance system greatly enhances airborne reconnaissance mission capabilities. The MS-110 provides a longer range and wider area of surveillance in contested and peacetime scenarios against peer and near-peer adversaries. The system’s advanced imagery and multispectral capabilities detect targets with a higher degree of confidence, even during poor weather/atmospheric conditions, and may be rapidly disseminated via high-bandwidth datalink and Collins’ ground intelligence-sharing architecture.