Marines get improved air-defense radar simulators.To improve their capabilities in the suppression of enemy air defenses That activity which neutralizes, destroys, or temporarily degrades surface-based enemy air defenses by destructive and/or disruptive means. Also called SEAD. See also electromagnetic spectrum; electronic warfare. , the Marine Corps is upgrading the ground targets used in live exercises. The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is located at MCB Quantico. Mission Serve as the Commandant's principal agent for acquisition and sustainment of systems and equipment used by the operating forces to accomplish their warfighting mission. , in Quantico, Va., has fielded four production models of the Radar Environmental Simulator, made by Sensis Corporation Sensis Corporation is a private company based in Syracuse, NY. Sensis specializes in radar and passive sensors for airport surveillance and air defense. Sensis is the prime contractor for the ASDE-X air traffic control system which is used by the FAA at 34 US airports. , of DeWitt, N.Y. To make the training more realistic, RES injects infrared signals containing target, clutter and electronic counter measure returns. The RES can generate scenarios containing any combination aircraft, theater ballistic missiles, cruise missiles cruise missile, low-flying, continuously powered offensive missile designed to evade defense systems. Although the German V-1 (1944) was a simple cruise missile, the cruise missile did not realize its potential until the 1970s, when the United States sought to , weather and clutter. The radar cannot tell the difference between live and simulated targets, said a Sensis spokesman, making training exercises less costly than using real targets and missiles. |
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