GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B

GA-ASI and Saab Test AEW Payload on MQ-9B

GA-ASI and Saab are testing the LoyalEye radar installed in the MQ-9B’s new Airborne Early Warning pods, which first flew in May 2026. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Saab announced that they started the testing of the new Airborne Early Warning (AEW) payload for the MQ-9B Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). According to the press […]

MQ-9B tracks fighter jets with Saab’s LoyalEye radar

General Atomics and Saab say an MQ-9B drone equipped with LoyalEye radar tracked fighter jets, commercial aircraft and maritime targets in flight tests.

GA-ASI and SAAB Perform Advanced AEW Flight Testing on Uncrewed MQ-9B - Seapower Magazine

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Saab to perform advanced flight testing of an Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system on an Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). The flight testing was conducted over the past few months using a GA-ASI-produced MQ-9B carrying a Saab LoyalEye radar operating from GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon flight operations facility in Southern California. The flight test demonstrated simultan…

Saab and General Atomics test LoyalEye radar on MQ-9B to detect and track airborne target

Saab and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) have flight tested an airborne early warning radar on the MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, demonstrating its ability to detect, track and classify airborne targets.

GA-ASI and Saab perform advanced AEW flight testing on uncrewed MQ-9B

San Diego — 28 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with Saab to perform advanced flight testing of an Airborne Early Warning (AEW) system on an Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS). The flight testing was conducted over the past few months using a GA-ASI-produced MQ-9B carrying a Saab LoyalEye radar operating from GA-ASI’s Desert Horizon flight operations facility in Southern California. The flight test dem…