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General Atomics And Raytheon To Integrate Advanced Radar Detection System Onto Predator B

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

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General Atomics And Raytheon To Integrate Advanced Radar Detection System Onto Predator B

An armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway. Photo: U.S. Air Force

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…

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