Raytheon JLENS aerostat first flight

Edited Raytheon video (no sound!) of the 25 August 2009 first flight of the 74-metre tethered aerostat for the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) system under development for the US Army. Each JLENS system will have two aerostats - one carrying a wide-area surveillance radar the other a fire-control radar - to detect and track low-lfying cruise missiles and direct surface-to-air missiles to over-the-horizon intercepts.

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Science & Technology

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• aerostat
• JLENS
• cruisemissile

[bowkaxis]

This is the 32 or 38 def. not the 74 JLENS system, lol

[Conservativepacheat]

The platform provides battlefield commanders with enhanced situational awareness and elevated communications, enabling sufficient warning to engage air defence systems and defeat threats.

Lieutenant Colonel of the US Army, Steve Wilhelm said that JLNES makes the current weapons more effective.

"Missiles that were once limited by their organic radars can now meet their full kinematic potential because of the extended ranges provided by JLENS radars," Wilhelm said.

[Penguinz13989]

looks weird.

[ymanganelli]

cool:)