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Raytheon’s JLENS Adds Ballistic Missile Detection/Tracking To Capabilities

Monday, March 4th, 2013

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Raytheon’s [RTN] Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) successfully detected and tracked tactical ballistic missile (TBM) surrogates for the first time during recent tests, a company official said. Tests on Dec. 6 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., demonstrated the JLENS was successful in four out of four tests against surrogate tactical ballistic missiles, adding to the system’s capabilities or detecting and tracking air and surface targets, said Mark Rose, Raytheon’s JLENS program director in…

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