Raytheon Company has delivered the first full production Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4A Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft. The production configuration brings together synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging capability in a single integrated sensor system.

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Raytheon's ISS, currently installed on the Global Hawk, provides near real-time imagery and has been combat proven in Iraq. However, the enhanced ISS will extend the range of the SAR and EO sensors by 50 percent.

Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the Global Hawk aircraft. Along with the ISS, Raytheon also produces the Global Hawk ground element at its Intelligence and Information Systems operation in Falls Church, Va.