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Army Investigation to Determine Future of JLENS

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

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Army Investigation to Determine Future of JLENS

Days after an embarrassing mishap when a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) aerostat broke free of its tether and drifted away, the Pentagon has suspended testing of the system pending the results of an investigation.The Army will make a decision on whether to continue the program after it has concluded an investigation of how the blimp was severed from the cable, said Army spokesman Dov Schwartz.JLENS, which was built by Raytheon [RTN], comprises two unmanned,…

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