De Havilland Canada E-9A Widget

E-9A Widget
General information
RoleMilitary test and evaluation surveillance aircraft
ManufacturerBombardier
Primary userUnited States Air Force
Number built2
History
Introduction dateJune 1988
First flight1987
Developed fromDe Havilland Canada DHC-8-101

The Bombardier E-9A Widget is an American telemetry support and surveillance plane in service with the United States Air Force. It is used as an airborne platform and telemetry relay aircraft providing ocean surface surveillance for range safety and target telemetry of missiles fired for over the horizon profiles on the Gulf of Mexico Ranges.