What is the name of the family of twin-engine combat aircraft that carries the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator targeting pod in the UK?
Panavia Tornado
Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, which was jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.
 There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft.
TIALD
TIALD, the Thermal Imaging Airborne Laser Designator targeting pod, was manufactured by GEC Marconi in the 1990s, and was the UK's primary laser designator for laser-guided bombs.
 It is still flown on the Tornado bomber.
Litening
The AN/AAQ-28(V) LITENING targeting pod is an Israeli-designed precision targeting pod system currently operational with a wide variety of combat aircraft.
 LITENING significantly increases the combat effectiveness of the aircraft during day, night and under-the-weather conditions in the attack of ground and air targets with a variety of standoff weapons (i.e., laser-guided bombs, conventional bombs and GPS-guided weapons).
 The thousandth pod was sold in October 2010. AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR
The AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) is a multi-sensor, electro-optical targeting pod incorporating thermographic camera, low-light television camera, target laser rangefinder/laser designator, and laser spot tracker developed and manufactured by Raytheon.
 It is used to provide navigation and targeting for military aircraft in adverse weather and using precision-guided munitions such as laser-guided bombs.
 It is intended to replace the earlier AN/AAS-38 Nite Hawk pod in US Navy service. Thermography
Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal imaging, and thermal video are examples of infrared imaging science.
 Thermographic cameras usually detect radiation in the long-infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 9,000–14,000 nanometers or 9–14 µm) and produce images of that radiation, called thermograms.
 Since infrared radiation is emitted by all objects with a temperature above absolute zero according to the black body radiation law, thermography makes it possible to see one's environment with or without visible illumination.
 The amount of radiation emitted by an object increases with temperature; therefore, thermography allows one to see variations in temperature.
 When viewed through a thermal imaging camera, warm objects stand out well against cooler backgrounds; humans and other warm-blooded animals become easily visible against the environment, day or night.
 As a result, thermography is particularly useful to the military and other users of surveillance cameras. AN/PAS-13
The AN/PAS-13B Thermal Weapon Sight (TWS) is an infrared sight developed for the United States military by Raytheon.
 The sight is designed for use on small arms in the U.S. military's inventory, but it can also be used as a standalone observation device.
 The AN/PAS-13B uses thermal imaging so that it can be used day or night.
 Thermal imaging also allows the sight to see through smoke or fog, things that may normally obscure other night vision devices.
 The AN/PAS-13 first became operationally capable with the U.S. Army in 1998 and has reached a total production of 33,400 units. Bombe Guidée Laser
Bombe Guidée Laser (BGL) laser-guided bombs were developed by Matra (now MBDA) starting in 1978.
 The guidance system had to work using the same principles as the US Paveway guided bombs.
 The guidance kits were intended as modifications to existing free fall bombs that were in service with the French Air Force.
 The semi active laser homing (SALH) guidance system was developed starting from the AS-30 laser-guided missile sensor.
 The guidance system allowed for in-flight target illumination by the aircraft-mounted ATLIS 2 (Automatic Tracking Laser Illumination System) or with ground-based laser designator targeting pod. Pave Spike
The Westinghouse AN/ASQ-153\AN/AVQ-23 Pave Spike is an electro-optical laser designator targeting pod used to direct laser-guided bombs to target in daylight, visual conditions.
 It contained a laser boresighted to a television camera, which displayed its image on a cockpit screen. PDLCT
The PDLCT (for "Pod de désignation laser caméra thermique", "thermic camera-mounted laser designation pod") is a targeting pod used on Mirage 2000D, notably.
 They are being superseded by the Damocles (targeting pod). FILAT
FILAT (Forward-looking Infrared and Laser Attack Targeting) pod is an airborne targeting pod designed to provide aircraft with all weather / night attack capabilities.
 It was first revealed to the public at 1998 Zhuhai Air Show, and it is designed by the 613 Institute of AVIC.