Australian MQ-9Bs to be equipped to SeaGuardian standard
27 April 2021
by Gareth Jennings
The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc’s (GA-ASI’s) MQ-9B unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been approved for sale to Australia and will be delivered in the SeaGuardian maritime configuration, according to the sale notification, which was posted on 23 April.
The Leonardo Seaspray maritime search and track AESA radar, one of the primary sensors that differentiates the SeaGuardian from the SkyGuardian, is housed in the aircraft’s centreline pod. (GA-ASI)
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s (DSCA’s) approval of the sale included the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 active electronically scanned array (AESA) over-water radar and Automatic Information System (AIS) for surface vessel identification that feature on the SeaGuardian. Australia had earlier been linked to a sale of the SkyGuardian variant of the MQ-9, which focussed on the overland mission.
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US Maritime (US MARAD) updates its Gulf of Guinea, Red Sea/Gulf of Aden and Persian Gulf security advisories
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