
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Raytheon said Thursday they will integrate the Advanced Radar Detection System (ARDS) onto a Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).GA-ASI manufactures the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper UAV while Raytheon’s Deutschland GmbH German subsidiary produces airborne electronic warfare and sensor systems and airborne radars. The ARDS, designed and developed by Raytheon, is a scalable Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system for passive radar monitoring. It is designed on the basis of modules which are produced…