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Significant Upgrades Underway For Air Force U-2

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD--The U.S. Air Force is undertaking significant upgrades for its U-2 Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft at Lockheed Martin's [LMT] Skunk Works facility, including installation of the Raytheon [RTN] Advanced Synthetic Aperture System-2B radar with a moving target indicator capability and open mission systems.The range of the ASARS-2B radar is nearly double that of the previous ASARS-2A radar, Mark Cole, director of business development for Lockheed Martin ISR programs, said during an interview this week at the Air…

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