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JLENS First Flight
Date posted: 10/06/2009*
The U.S. Army’s Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Sensor System (JLENS) demonstrated its first flight recently during a ceremony in Elizabeth City, N.C.
The JLENS first flight was held to prove the maturity and operability of the JLENS platform and marked the first time the aerostat was flown to an altitude of 3,000 feet. It is the first aerostat platform featuring long-duration, wide-area, over-the-horizon detection and tracking of low-altitude cruise missiles. Its capabilities provide the battlefield commander with enhanced situational awareness and elevated communications, enabling sufficient warning to engage air defense systems and defeat threats.
The JLENS system is designed to fly up to 10,000 feet. Its sensors are deployed on a 74M™ Aerostat tethered to a mobile mooring station and connected to ground-based communication and processing equipment to provide the warfighter with a low-altitude single integrated air picture and the ability to conduct air-directed surface-to-air missile engagements.
The ceremony included Pete Franklin, vice president for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems’ National & Theater Security Programs who attended and spoke about the JLENS program during the event. U.S. Army Brig. Gen.Genaro Dellarocco, and TCOM President and CEO David Barlow were also on hand for the momentous occasion.
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