Pentagon to suspend JLENS blimp program

Pentagon to suspend JLENS blimp program

"...The Pentagon announced it is indefinitely suspending its JLENS program a week after one of its blimps broke free of its tether and floated from Aberdeen Proving Ground into Pennsylvania..."

Reference: www.wbaltv.com .

JLENS Grounds in Pennsylvania Dutch Country

The military lost control of a giant, unmanned surveillance blimp

"...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..."

Reference: www.washingtonpost.com .

Military Blimp Breaks Free From Tether in Maryland

Military Blimp Breaks Free From Tether in Maryland

JLENS

"... '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. ..."
Reference: abcnews.go.com .

Second Airship Launched in Test of Missile Defense System

Second Airship Launched in Test of Missile Defense System

"...On Wednesday, The North American Aerospace Defense Command launched the second of two helium-filled airships near Baltimore to test an East Coast missile defense system. The launch at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground completes the aerial part of the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS..."

Reference: abcnews.go.com .

2015 is a crucial year for U.S. missile defense and we need this protection

Solid missile defense budget planning needed for 2015

"...MDA is also rightly targeting a longer-term solution in the "multiple kill vehicle," but Congress should resist any urge to skip the critical interim step of developing and deploying the redesigned kill vehicle by 2018. This redesign is hardly a "band-aid" as some have reported; it will provide performance enhancements and reliability upgrades by leveraging existing Standard Missile-3 technology. This is the lowest-risk, lowest-cost option to ensure our homeland is protecting in the near-term. ..."

Reference: thehill.com .

Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) to patrol East Coast

Pentagon launching missile defense blimps to patrol East Coast

"...The system is called JLENS, short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. The radar is used to spot missiles or “swarming boats” filled with explosives from as far away as 340 miles...."

Reference: rt.com .

Huntsville will lose Missile Surveillance Program

Congressman: Missile Surveillance Program Coming to APG

"...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...."

Reference: aberdeen.patch.com .

US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah

US military testing high-tech dirigibles in Utah

"...are designed to detect cruise missiles and other near-ground threats. Two 233-foot-long balloons..."

Reference: www.pddnet.com

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Northrop Wins Army Contract

Northrop Wins Army Contract
"...Northrop Grumman will also locate its IBCS program in Huntsville. IBCS is expected to be operational by 2014. Systems that would be integrated via IBCS include Patriot, Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM), Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS), and..."
Reference: www.zacks.com

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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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