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L-3 Spins SPYDR's Web at Dubai Air Show

The SPYDR aircraft here is similar to the MC-12W, but Smith claims that L-3 is unique in being both sensor and platform-agnostic.

L-3 Mission Integration SPYDR.

By Chris Pocock • Defense Correspondent

November 14, 2011

So what makes L-3 mission integration the best choice for implementing an ISR conversion of the King Air twin-turboprop? No fewer than six U.S. companies are staking a claim, including airframer Hawker Beechcraft, whose offering is parked right next to the L-3 SPYDR in the static park here.

According to Greg Smith of L-3, it is the company’s unrivaled experience of systems integration. Under various ownerships over the past 60 years, the Greenville, Texas-based outfit has converted no fewer than 125 types–a total of more than 15,000 aircraft. It is probably best known for the U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint and Combat Sent SIGINT conversions. It employs 1,500 engineers with hard-won experience of making sensors work together. “This is rocket science–and we’ve got it figured out!” he told AIN.

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