BAE SYSTEMS Ground Sensors Prove Worth in Fleet Exercise.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. micro-internetted unattended ground sensors (MIUGS MIUGS Micro-Internetted Unattended Ground Sensors ) successfully detected, tracked, and identified key targets during the U.S. Navy's recent Millennium Challenge 02 exercise. The proof-of-concept demonstration was part of an ongoing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). (DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. )-funded project at the company's Information & Electronic Warfare Noun 1. electronic warfare - military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum EW military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea" Systems (IEWS IEWS Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors IEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare System IEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare Suite IEWS Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Surveillance IEWS Intelligence & Electronic Warfare System ) business to develop networked sensors. IEWS received a $10 million development contract in July 2001 to develop rapidly deployable, networked sensors. Two clusters of the sensors were deployed by hand at the China Lake Superior Valley test range, Calif., during the exercise in late July and August. The sensors provided coverage of more than two square kilometers in the target area, and sent back target reports to a command and control center 30 miles away. The sensor nodes successfully detected high-value targets (such as mobile missile launchers), and cued a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. (UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle UAV Urban Assault Vehicle UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) ) to verify the target. "All the Navy's objectives for the MIUGS demonstration were met or exceeded," said Steve Scalera, BAE SYSTEMS MIUGS program manager. "The 'sense-to-shoot' timeline was dramatically improved." "Within seconds, the system was able to pass high-confidence target identification and targeting coordinates from the field to the U.S.S. Coronado 200 miles away and enabled immediate tasking of an F-18 to prosecute the target," said David Law, the DARPA Program Manager's Navy agent. "This timeline has major implications on our ability to perform strike operations on time-critical targets and on precision targeting." The IEWS MIUGS will participate in several more demonstration exercises over the next year while development continues on sensor electronics and mechanical packaging. The effort will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. in the fall of 2003 with sensors that can be deployed via helicopter, turned on and automatically networked together to process vital battlefield information. Note to editors: BAE SYSTEMS is a systems company, innovating for a safer world. BAE SYSTEMS employs nearly 100,000 people including Joint Ventures, and has annual sales of around $18 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. BAE SYSTEMS is dedicated to making the intelligent connections needed to deliver innovative solutions. BAE SYSTEMS North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. is a high-technology U.S. company employing more than 22,000 Americans who live and work in 29 States and Washington, D.C. The company is dedicated to solving our customers needs with both highly innovative and leading-edge solutions across the defense electronics, systems, information technology and services arenas. BAE SYSTEMS IEWS employs more than 4,700 people at eight major facilities in five states. The business unit is a major producer of aircraft self-protection systems and tactical surveillance and intelligence systems for all branches of the armed forces. Other major business areas include microwave, mission and space electronics; infrared imaging; and automated mission planning systems. To obtain additional information about us, visit "What's News" at www.baesystems-iews.com |
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