A new U.S. Army project could make threat detection much more practical. The Army may have a new radar-carrying, unmanned blimp by 2017. Made by Raytheon, the Pentagonese-named Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) completed six weeks of early testing with about 100 soldiers on June 14. The testing included an endurance test in which JLENS was airborne for 10 days, though the production version should be able to stay aloft for 30 days. Soldiers also teste...
A new U.S. Army project could make threat detection much more practical. The Army may have a new radar-carrying, unmanned blimp by 2017. Made by Raytheon, the Pentagonese-named Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) completed six weeks of early testing with about 100 soldiers on June 14. The testing included an endurance test in which JLENS was airborne for 10 days, though the production version should be able to stay aloft for 30 days. Soldiers also teste...
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