The Ministry of Defense shared information from its social media accounts. and visuals about the tests of the ASELPOD targeting and marking pod developed by ASELSAN.

Turkish Air Force 401st Fleet carries out the acceptance test flights of mass production pods. In the published video, F-16 and F-4 planes were switched to flight. The images included a thermal image of the F-4E 2020 Terminator fighter aircraft. These images were taken from the ASELPOD integrated under the engine air intake of the F-16.

ASELPOD, which has a high-resolution 3rd generation thermal camera (FLIR), has a laser point tracking unit. The pod in question can measure distance with a laser and illuminate targets for ammunition and missiles with laser guidance kit attached.