Airborne Pods

     


SGD Engineering Ltd. is a reputable world leader in design, integration, production and certification of airborne pods. SGD provides fully equipped airborne pod ready for integration with specific sensor systems. Our airborne pod package generally consists of pod structure, radomes, Environmental Control Systems (ECS), wire harnesses, power management, power generation systems and pressurization system when required. We developed airborne pods with airborne sensors and systems such as Reconnaissance Cameras (Recce Pod), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR Pod), EW Pod, Self Protection Pod with or without RWR/MWS sensors, chaff and flares dispensers etc.

SGD's airborne pod programs experience includes pod development and production for various platforms. among the pods that have been developed by SGD are  F-16 pod, F-15 pod, F-4 pod and Tornado pod. We develop pods mounted with pylons and adapters or conformal pods. Our Pods are designed for defense industry market leaders as Lockheed Martin, Goodrich Corporation, and are being operational in many air forces worldwide.

For all of our pods SGD provides the following capabilities and expertise:
• Mission requirements analyses
• Structural design
• Stress and structural analyses
• Aerodynamic and CFD analyses
• Aero-optic analyses
• Thermodynamic analyses
• Environmental Control Systems (ECS)
• Electric power management and distribution
• Wire harness design, routing and installation
• Radomes, radiation analyses and testing
• Aircraft integration
• Wind tunnel and ground tests
• Flight tests
• Certification
• Production and assembly
• Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Training and documentation