COBRA (Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis) has been in use by Marines since the early 1990s, and now production is ramping up, as featured in a news story in this month’s Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine.
COBRA attaches to an unmanned air system (UAV) and is a real-time aid to amphibious vessels navigating foreign waters, allowing mines to be spotted, mapped, and detonated ahead of a safe beach landing.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division in Panama City, Florida announced a $17.1 million order this week to build COBRA.
Areté’s Tucson, Arizona and Valparaiso, Florida facilities will build the multispectral UAV sensor.
