
JLENS Assessment. The U.S. Army’s JLENS program has underscored the need for the military to have elevated sensors to detect cruise missiles, according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Ronald Buckley, deputy director of operations at U.S. Northern Command. But Buckley doubts the program, which faces deep funding cuts proposed in Congress, will survive after one of the unmanned tethered aerostats broke free in Maryland in October and drifted into Pennsylvania. “I think at this point, we all recognize that it’s…