The demo will be conducted at GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon facility in California using a company-owned MQ-9B equipped with AEW&C systems supplied by Saab.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it will test the new podded Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) capability for the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in collaboration with Saab in the summer of 2026. The announcement comes five months after the two companies first announced the work on the new system. Contents The demo will be conducted at GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon facility in California using a company-owned MQ-9B equipped with AEW&C systems supplied by Saab. Affordable, persistent and effective surveillance Capabilities MQ-9 evolution

The GA-ASI MQ-9B equipped with a Saab-developed

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