Keywords: US Navy 020000-N-XXXXH-001 F-A-18E Super Hornet with SHARP Pod attached.jpg en 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 020000-N-XXXXH-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 1809 U S Navy photo by Randy Hepp PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet in flight Shared Reconnaissance Pod SHARP |