"...The blimp wreaked plenty of havoc. Frederick Hunsinger, the Public Safety Director for Columbia County, PA, said in an interview that the blimp’s heavy tether dragged 20 miles across his county. While there were no injuries within county borders, the damage caused 35,000 to lose electricity, he said. Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania canceled classes as a result; 9-1-1 phone lines were overwhelmed..."
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"... 'Emergency personnel are tracking the aerostat which is still aloft in [sic] moving toward Pennsylvania,' according to the Aberdeen Proving Ground, the U.S. Army facility.
The full name of the blimp -- known as an aerostat -- is a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) and it is used to detect cruise missiles around Washington DC. ..."
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"...the U.S. Army plans to move its missile surveillance program to Aberdeen by fall 2013. The program is currently based out of Huntsville, AL, a spokesman for Ruppersberger told Patch...."
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"...Brig. Gen. Ole Knudson, the U.S. Army's Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space, along with representatives from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.; White Sands Missile Range; prime contractor Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; and TCOM, the aerostat's manufacturer located in Elizabeth City, N.C., attended the test site's activation. ..."
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"...are designed to detect cruise missiles and other near-ground threats. Two 233-foot-long balloons..."
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Raytheon JLENS Employment
Raytheon Sr Mgr QA Engineering
"...Serve as a Quality Directorate Lead (QDL) within the Quality Cross-Business Team (CBT) supporting the JLENS programs. As a QDL, you will be representing the customer' ™ s best interests, assuring product quality and effectiveness through out the product life cycle, and developing solutions to ensure the program meets customer / end user objectives for Mission Assurance and ensure NoDoubt ' expectations...."
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