U.S. MQ-9 Reaper Drones Stationed In Poland Spotted With New SIGINT Wing-Mounted Pod

The MQ-9 drones of the 52nd Expeditionary Operations Group Detachment 2 have started flying with a new SIGINT (SIGnal INTelligence) pod.
Some interesting photos were shared online by the Polish Ministry of Defense. They show one of the MQ-9 drones of the 52nd Expeditionary Operations Group Detachment 2, the unit operating MQ-9 Reaper drones in Europe, flying over Lask Air Base, Poland, with a brand new pod.
The pod seems to be the one used to house the L3 full-band Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) ISR capability, whose integration with the MQ-9 Reaper was announced during Paris Air Show 2019.

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