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Raytheon’s JLENS Surveillance Radar Radiates For the First Time

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Friday, February 11th, 2011

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Raytheon [RTN] this week said its Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) program has successfully demonstrated the ability to transmit from an elevated aerostat. The JLENS demonstration was conducted at the Utah Test and Training Range. The aerostat deployed to an altitude of 10,000 feet mean sea level, and the surveillance radar began emitting radio frequency radiation into free space for the first time. "This milestone demonstrates another step in the maturing of our JLENS…

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