[Scan-DC] Army's Giant Surveillance Blimp to Start Tracking Object s in DC Region

[Blair Thompson]

Re: [Scan-DC] Army's Giant Surveillance Blimp to Start Tracking Objects in DC Region
Re: [Scan-DC] DC "drone"?

While cleaning house, I stumbled across and article in the WaPo from February.

The print edition title was "Blimplike aircraft may soon be used to protect Washington." It appeared on page E6 of the Health/Science section on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

Blimps to bolster Washington’s air shield in test
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-11/national/37033569_1_surveillance-radar-sentinel-radars-jlens

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By Jim Wolf | Reuters,February 11, 2013

A pair of big, blimplike craft, moored to the ground and flying as high as 10,000 feet, are to be added to a high-tech shield designed to protect Washington from air attack, at least for a while.

The bulbous, helium-filled aerostats — each is 243 feet long, more than three-quarters the length of a football field — are to be stitched into existing defenses as part of a test of new technology ordered by the Defense Department.

The coming addition to the umbrella over Washington is known as Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS. Raytheon is the prime contractor.
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From: "Blair Thompson" <b_thom at juno.com>
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Subject: [Scan-DC] Army's Giant Surveillance Blimp to Start Tracking Objects in DC Region
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:18:07 GMT

Hat tip: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014547229

Army's Giant Surveillance Blimp to Start Tracking Objects in DC Region

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2013/07/armys-giant-surveillance-blimp-to-start-tracking-objects-in-dc-region/
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