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U.S. Air Force May Use Planned U-2 Upgrades for Other Platforms

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U.S. Air Force May Use Planned U-2 Upgrades for Other Platforms
A 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Immediate Response Force (IRF) team member unscrews a panel on a U-2 Dragon Lady to check the fuel during an exercise on July 9 at Beale AFB, Calif. The exercise tested the Tactical Aviation Ground Refueling System, a new expeditionary system to rapidly refuel the U-2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Juliana Londono)

The U.S. Air Force may use system upgrades for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2S Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft on other platforms. Such upgrades include the Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-2B (ASARS-2B) radar and the the Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST) for signals intelligence. ASARS-2B is to double the range of the Raytheon ASARS-2A radar, carried in the nose of some U-2s. "ASARS[-2B] and GHOST --we're designing those with open system, open architecture considerations for the ability…

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