AERIAL COMMON SENSOR (MIP)
Abstract
The Aerial Common Sensor program has ben restructured and renamed the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS). EMARSS is the Army's next generation C-12 based, direct support, manned airborne intelligence collection, processing, and targeting support system. EMARSS provides a persistent capability to detect, locate, classify/identify, and track surface targets with a high degree of timeliness and accuracy. EMARSS aircraft will be assigned to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command?s (INSCOM) Aerial Exploitation Battalions (AEB). EMARSS is an improvement over the existing MARSS QRC in that it hosts an on board DCGS-A capability, improved satellite communications, and improved aircraft performance. EMARSS will consist of a commercial derivative aircraft equipped with an Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Full Motion Video (FMV) sensor, a Communications Intelligence (COMINT) collection system, an aerial precision geolocation (APG) system, tactical line-of-site (LOS) and beyond line-of-site (BLOS) communications suites, two Distributed Common Ground System ? Army (DCGS-A) enabled operator workstations and a self-protection suite. EMARSS will operate as a single platform in direct support of tactical missions. EMARSS, working with and incorporating elements of the DCGS-A, will provide efficient response to Combat Forces Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) tasking with centralized Processing, Exploitation & Dissemination (PED) of ISR products while simultaneously transmitting critical FMV and other intelligence products to engaged tactical forces. The National Security Agency's Military Intelligence Program (MIP) provides funding to support enhanced SIGINT capabilities. There is no FY12 funding request for EMARSS in this funding line. That request is found in PE 0605626A, project AC5, Aerial Common Sensor SDD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- 024_0307207A_7_2040_PB_2012
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