Companies
involved with Pine Gap – Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, DSD
Two companies who are involved with Pine Gap under
contract to the US Government are: E-Systems (acquired by Raytheon) and TRW
Incorporated (which was acquired by Northrop Grumman) in 2002.
AFFORDABLE DEFENSE
FROM REAL WORLD THREATS
The threat is real
Swarming boats,
anti-ship cruise missiles, mine laying ships and unmanned aircraft. These are
only some of the dangers the Warfighter faces on the modern battlefield.
What if there was
an affordable way the U.S. and its allies could…
- Always “see” the threat,
instead of having to hope they had a ship or airplane in the vicinity to
detect the threat?
- Have more time to detect and
react to an incoming cruise missile?
- Observe key sea-lanes and
border regions around the clock, for up to 30 days at a time?
- Track hundreds of airborne
and surface moving threats, in 360-degrees?
- Engage threats, at the
maximum range of the defensive weapons currently in the U.S.’ inventory?
That capability
exists today. It’s called JLENS. And it’s made by Raytheon.
JLENS, an
affordable elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system uses a powerful
integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats. This
capability better enables commanders to defend against threats including
hostile cruise missiles, low-flying manned and unmanned aircraft, tactical
ballistic missiles, large caliber rockets, and moving surface vehicles such as
boats, SCUD-launchers, automobiles, and tanks.
What is JLENS?
- A JLENS system, referred to
as an orbit, consists of two tethered, 74-meter helium-filled aerostats
connected to mobile mooring stations and a communications and processing
groups.
- The aerostats fly as high as
10,000 feet above sea level and can remain aloft and operational for up to
30 days.
- One aerostat carries a surveillance radar with 360-degree surveillance capability; the other aerostat carries a fire control radar.
Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE: NOC) offers an extraordinary
portfolio of capabilities and technologies that enable us to deliver innovative
systems and solutions for applications that range from undersea to outer space
and into cyberspace.
Our core competencies are
aligned with the current and future needs of our customers and address emerging
global security challenges in key areas, such as unmanned systems, cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics that are critical to the
defense of the nation and its allies.
Below is a listing and
description of our four business sectors.
Key products include:
Global Hawk, Fire Scout and UCAS-D unmanned aircraft systems; B-2 stealth
bomber; E-2D Advanced Hawkeye; Joint STARS targeting and battle management
system; James Webb Space Telescope; Advanced EHF communications payload, and
Space Tracking and Surveillance System.
A leader in airborne radar,
navigation, electronic countermeasures, precision weapons, airspace management,
space payloads, marine and naval systems, communications, biodefense, and
government systems.
Key products include: F-16,
F-22 and F-35 active electronically scanned array sensors; airborne early
warning and control radars; Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system; LITENING
targeting and sensor system; systems for digital electronic warfare, aircraft
missile defense and air defense; integrated bridge systems; situational
awareness and fiber-optic gyro-based navigation; and automated postal sorting
equipment.
A global provider of
advanced information solutions for defense, intelligence, civil agencies and
commercial customers.
Key products include: Force
XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below/Blue Force Tracker; Guardrail;
cybersecurity solutions; Automated Biometric Identification System; Centers for
Disease Control Information Technology Services; theater and operational
command and control systems; networked communications products; intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance systems; enterprise systems; next-generation
networking solutions; unmanned ground systems; 911 public safety systems; and
systems integration services.
Key capabilities include:
Systems support, training and simulation and life cycle optimization and
engineering for programs such as KC-10 Extender refueling aircraft logistics
support; Nevada National Security Site management and operations; U.S. Army
Battle Combat Training Program; Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle life cycle
support; and biometric capture services for the Department of Homeland Security.
Reveal Their Secrets – Protect Our Own
We operate in the slim area between the difficult and the impossible.
The DSD is a vital component of the UKUSA Agreement – the
top secret post-war arrangement for sharing intelligence between the United
States and the UK.
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