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Photo shows a U.S. Reaper drone carrying “Gorgon Stare” Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System pod in Afghanistan

April 5, 2015 David Cenciotti 1

Gorgon Stare is a pod-based sensor package used to track people, vehicles, and objects in areas of +10 square kilometers. Formerly known as the Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System (WAAS), Gorgon Stare system is a […]

What’s this Pod Carried by a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone in Afghanistan?

September 9, 2014 David Cenciotti 10

An interesting picture, shared by the U.S. Air Force, shows a Reaper UAS (Unmanned Air System) on the ground at Kandahar airbase, with two interesting pods. The image in this post (that we’ve edited to […]