Bombers
BombersPosted on: Jan. 7th, 2006 || www.skywrighter.com
A joint effort by Aeronautical Systems Center’s Global Hawk System Group and Sensors, Data Links and Ground Stations Systems Squadron; the 452nd Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif.; and the Navy unmanned aerial vehicle program office at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., led to the successful completion of two major events at the end of 2005.
First, a series of demonstration flights were completed of the High Band Subsystem Signals Intelligence payload in support of the continued development of the Airborne SIGINT Payload program. Flown from Edwards AFB, the demonstration consisted of three test flights to verify the compatibility of the payload with the Global Hawk system. The demonstration used an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration air vehicle modified with an open systems architecture avionics suite to resemble production air vehicles that will carry the ASIP payload.
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