
The General Atomics [GA] MQ-9 Reaper/Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) successfully detected and tracked submerged contacts during an Oct. 12 U.S. Navy exercise, the company said on Monday.This exercise had the Navy deploy sonobuoys that gathered acoustic data to track underwater targets. The data was then transmitted to and processed aboard an MQ-9. The information was then related to the MQ-9 Ground Control Station (GCS) hundreds of miles away. The flight test occurred over the Southern California Offshore Range…