DefenceTalkThe East Coast is one step closer to being better defended against cruise missiles and drones. Raytheon Company (RTN) completed a series of laboratory tests that demonstrated the JLENS radar can be integrated into North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). JLENS is a system of two aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float 10,000 feet in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-armys-missile-fighting-radar-blimp-achieves-critical-milestone-60761/

DefenceTalkMission ready. That was the verdict for the U.S. Army’s A Battery, 3rd Air Defense Artillery, who were recently certified to operate Raytheon Company’s (RTN) JLENS radar to protect the National Capital Region (NCR) from cruise missiles and drone threats. JLENS is a system of two aerostats, or tethered blimps, that float 10,000 feet in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/jlens-radar-deployed-to-protect-metro-dc-60614/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force intercepted for the first time an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate using Raytheon’s Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) cued by JLENS. An affordable, elevated, persistent over-the-horizon sensor system, JLENS uses a powerful integrated radar system to detect, track and target a variety of threats. “Integrating JLENS’ precision detection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-and-usaf-intercept-cruise-missile-for-first-time-with-jlens-guided-amraam-48707/

DefenceTalkUTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Utah — The U.S. Army completed Early User Testing (EUT) of the Raytheon Company-developed JLENS. During the six-week-long EUT, soldiers tested JLENS’ ability to operate in a number of complex scenarios that replicated an operational environment. The soldiers also tested JLENS’ endurance by operating the system continually for 20 days. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-soldiers-test-jlens-in-real-world-scenarios-48580/

DefenceTalkIt takes a crisis to concentrate the mind. Faced with unusually bellicose rhetoric from the regime in Pyongyang, the Obama Administration reversed course on National Missile Defense (NMD) and is rapidly bolstering its theater air and missile defenses in the region. The Department of Defense will add 14 ground based interceptor missiles to 30 currently […]https://www.defencetalk.com/crisis-in-northeast-asia-makes-the-case-for-jlens-47395/