Friday, January 1, 2010
Raytheon: Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) System
Raytheon: Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) System
"...a tactical, theater-based, advanced sensor system. The system is elevated by tethered aerostats to enable battlefield commanders to increase their wide-area protection against land-attack cruise missiles.
JLENS provides the long endurance (up to 30 days on station), over-the-horizon detection and tracking capabilities required to defeat the proliferating cruise-missile threat. ..."
Reference: www.raytheon.com
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