As Northrop Grumman works to bring the Global Hawk to parity with Lockheed's U-2 Dragon Lady, a next-generation sensor slated for testing this year could promise greater agility and persistence for the unmanned aircraft. Northrop is set to demonstrate three sensors built by UTC Aerospace Systems on the Global Hawk this year, including the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System-2B/C (SYERS-2B/C) and the Optical Bar Camera, Inside the Air Force previously reported. The third sensor, the MS-177, will succeed SYERS, but...
