Intel/GEOINT

The program’s goal is to field an adaptive airborne electronic warfare system within five years.

Using a field of light, the sensor can find debris in space as small as .01 centimeters.

The fleet has several different thermal imaging devices and sensor systems that can track an IR signature already, but none of them can identify the threat level of the designated target.

The four AWACS aircraft were given a Mid-life Upgrade by Boeing.

The contract calls for 72 MQ-9 Block 20A Lynx synthetic aperture radar (SAR) retrofit kits.

The ability to interconnect tools and provide sensor data to fighters in the field are breakthroughs the military needs.

SAR allows sensor platforms to operate at higher altitudes and at steeper angles than other sensors.

While each individual satellite should have a specific sensor or control function, the overall formation/swarm should have a greater function.