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New Airborne ISR Sensors Expected In Afghanistan This Spring

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By Marina Malenic The Air Force will begin sending a newly developed aerial sensor pod that can provide 10 times the viewing power of current systems to Afghanistan in the spring, a top service official said yesterday. The first three Gorgon Stare pods will arrive by April. The wide-area airborne surveillance systems will be mounted on MQ- 9 Reaper drone aircraft, said Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). "What…

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