CBP Takes First Guardian UAS

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awst/2010/01/04/AW_01_04_2010_p54-189814.xml

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials hope operational drug-interdiction tests of a prototype surveillance version of the Predator B unmanned aerial system (UAS) will spur acquisition of several more for maritime missions.

The modified aircraft—distinguished from other Predators by a large belly-mounted Raytheon APS-134 SeaVue surveillance radar and prominent wingtip-mounted UHF/VHF radio antennas—will ultimately be deployed to the drug-source and transit zones to support joint counter-narcotics missions against drug-running "go-fast boats" and semi-submersible craft.