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Raytheon Packs Up A JLENS System As Deployable Strategic Asset

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

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Raytheon Packs Up A JLENS System As Deployable Strategic Asset

JLENS Photo: Raytheon

Raytheon [RTN] on Tuesday said it has completed preparing an aerostat-based radar system, known as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), for use as a rapidly deployable strategic asset. JLENS is a powerful airborne radar system that floats at altitudes as high as 10,000 feet, suspended from two 80-yard long, helium-filled blimp-like aerostats which are tethered to ground stations via a rugged cable. The system is known as an orbit. It can help defend…

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