ASTOR set for operational return over Afghanistan.

The article offers updates on the effort of the Great Britain government in using Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) system in providing surveillance support during the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan. The country will use the ASTOR in supporting the 2011 election in Afghanistan and notes that the deployment will involve an undisclosed number of Sentinel R1 aircraft. It further states that Prime contractor Raytheon System said that the ASTOR will already be available in early 2011.