Gorgon Stare to receive BLOS upgrades while Air Force explores replacement

By Rachel Cohen / April 6, 2018 at 10:04 AM
Gorgon Stare, the Air Force's sensor program of record for wide-area motion imagery mounted on MQ-9 remotely piloted aircraft, will receive a limited slate of upgrades in the near future but isn't currently expected to grow across the Reaper fleet, the service recently reported to Congress. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson submitted a March 5 report, which Inside the Air Force recently reviewed, on the service's strategy to sustain and modernize Gorgon Stare Increment 2 and develop replacement systems. Nine...

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