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L-3 Sonoma EO Completes DragonEyes Demonstration

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, May 15th, 2014

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L-3 Sonoma EO Completes DragonEyes Demonstration

DragonEyes at Sunrise Photo L-3 Sonoma

L-3 Sonoma EO [LLL] said Thursday it has successfully completed an end-to-end demonstration of its DragonEyes Tactical Overwatch Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System, flown on a Cessna Caravan. This surveillance development is of interest to the Army and Special Operations Forces, particularly as it is smaller and lighter than current wide area surveillance sensors. Also, the system is in a gimbaled turret, so operators can easily move to directions of interest without actually moving the aircraft in that direction. The…

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