The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch last October successfully demonstrated the high-altitude detection and tracking of man- portable missile systems that were fired skyward as part of a separate test to validate anti-missile defenses deployed on commercial wide-body planes. The high-altitude missile detection test was part of Project Chloe, a high-risk technology effort aimed at determining the feasibility of using unmanned aircraft flying at 50,000 to 60,000 feet to detect and defeat heat-seeking missiles attempting…
Initial Chloe Tests Go Well, DHS Plans More
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