Reaping What They’ve Sown: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and BAE Systems have joined forces to integrate the sensors on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle to create an automated architecture for detecting and identifying ground targets from the platform. The two companies announced Aug. 8 that they are working through Sept. 2009 under Air Force Research Lab sponsorship to apply technology called CLAMP (standing for continuous look attack management for the Predator) already developed for the MQ-1 Predator UAV to the Reaper by integrating its high-resolution Lynx synthetic aperture radar with its other sensors. “This architecture is a significant leap forward,” said Linden Blue, president of General Atomics’ Reconnaissance Systems Group.
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…