BAE to research new UAV surveillance system
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 29 June 2005. U.S. Air Force researchers are asking BAE Systems Advanced Information Technologies in Burlington, Mass., for a new surveillance system for the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
BAE will to provide a multi-sensor, multi-look exploitation system designed to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the Predator UAV.
The company is working under terms of a $5.4 million research contract from the Air Force research laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The contract number is F33615-02-C-1149, P00007.
BAE will build and deliver hardware, software, and reports to create Predator's multiple-look exploitation system.