Meet the Surrogate Predator

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has modified a Cessna 182 so that it can mimic a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle.

Photo: Air Force Research Laboratory

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors were added so that the single-engine light plane can stand in for the Predator during exercises.

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