Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , Link , [Steffan Watkins, a Canada-based expert on Open Skies Treaty implementation, noted that the treaty’s other parties are going digital and would likely run into the same modernization issues the Air Force has faced. Germany plans to certify its new digital sensor as the first infrared technology used for the Open Skies mission, while Canada and Italy are putting a digital electro-optical pod under the wing of the C-130 Hercules plane.]