MilitaryHughes Looks to Commercial Satcom Models to Benefit Military Editorial Note: This is an excerpt of an article from the September 2019 digital edition of Avionics International, focusing on Hughes' supply of satellite communications technologies to military and government operators. To…
MilitaryGA-ASI MQ-9B SkyGuardian Demos Satcom, Laptop-Controlled Mission General Atomics' MQ-9B SkyGuardian completed a demonstration sortie without the use of an on-site ground control station (GCS) this month, relying on only satcom and the company's expeditionary command-and-control (XC2) portable laptop. One…
Military'Team Reaper Australia' Takes Shape as GA-ASI Names 10 MQ-9 Partners General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has named 10 partner companies that will comprise Team Reaper Australia, which will furnish the country's military with either MQ-9A or MQ-9B large UAS. Australia named GA-ASI as…
MilitaryBelgium Ready to Negotiate for MQ-9B Purchase Belgium's government has approved the start of negotiations for the purchase of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGaurdian. As it is a foreign military sale from California-based General Atomics, the…