MQ-9B tests Saab LoyalEye radar to track air and maritime targets

GA-ASI and Saab completed flight tests of an airborne early warning system aboard an uncrewed MQ-9B. The LoyalEye radar, mounted in external payload pods, tracked fighter jets, commercial aircraft and maritime targets simultaneously at long ranges. No production contract or deployment schedule has been announced.

• LoyalEye radar is carried in external payload pods on the MQ-9B
• Tests ran from GA-ASI's Desert Horizon facility in Southern California
• The system tracked fighter jets, commercial aircraft and maritime targets
• Detection ranges and deployment timelines were not disclosed