MQ-9B STOL
A New Short-Field Advantage
GA-ASI's MQ-9B SkyGuardian® and SeaGuardian® remotely piloted aircraft systems will cover more area with less runway using the groundbreaking MQ-9B Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) mission kit. MQ-9B STOL integrates a wing and tail kit inspired by the smaller Mojave, enabling the larger and higher performance MQ-9B to operate from more expeditionary bases or big-deck amphibious vessels. This means MQ-9B STOL will stay where it is needed longer and will virtually always be ready for tasking, whether deployed over ground or naval forces. Utilizing the most advanced multi-domain surveillance and podded technologies available, MQ-9B STOL provides a short-field advantage without sacrificing the platform's ability to conduct complex, long-endurance operations. For example, MQ-9B STOL will enable organic anti-submarine warfare and fleet defense missions without needing to return to a conventional land-based airfield for refueling and maintenance.
Mission Sets:
- Maritime domain awareness
- Anti-surface warfare
- Anti-submarine warfare
- Airborne mine countermeasures
- Humanitarian assistance / disaster relief
- Search and rescue
- Law enforcement
- Border enforcement
- Airborne early warning
- Electronic warfare
- Long-range strategic ISR
- Over-the-horizon targeting
- And more…
Key Features:
- STOL wing and tail kit
- Lynx® Multi-mode Radar
- 360-degree wide-area maritime radar
- Automatic identification system
- Electronic support measures
- Anti-submarine warfare system, including sonobuoy dispensing and monitoring
- High-definition EO/IR
- Detect and Avoid System, including TCAS / ADS-B and Due Regard Radar
- STANAG 4671-compliant type-certifiable design
- All weather capable, including lightning protection and de-ice / anti-ice system
- Fatigue- and damage-tolerant airframe; 40,000-hour service life
- Automatic takeoff and landing capability (land or ship kit)
- BLOS / Dual SATCOM command and control data link
- Open and modular payload mission management system
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