Can India’s MQ-9Bs become mini-AWACS? New drone radar test offers clues
Photo credit: General Atomics Swedish defence company Saab and US drone manufacturer General Atomics have successfully flown an MQ-9B unmanned aircraft equipped with an airborne early warning radar, marking what could be the world’s first operational step towards a drone-based AWACS capability.The demonstration combines the long endurance of the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft with airborne…