Aerial Common Sensor - SDD

Abstract

The Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (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. FY12 Base funding in the amount of $31.465 million funds continuation of the EMARSS Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract. Funding supports Developmental and Operational Tests (DT/OT) and Limited Users Test (LUT); Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) support; preparation for ASARC/MSC and documentation; Continues Army test support; Program Management Office (PMO) support; DCGS-A on-board processing and Developmental System Integration laboratory (DSIL) efforts. FY12 OCO - No budget request FY10 was funded through RE 0307207A Project 024

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2012
• Source ID: 0605626A_5_2040_PB_2012
• Service Agency Name: Army

Entities

Organizations

• United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Sensors
• Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Aircrafts
• Altitude
• Army Intelligence
• Artificial Satellites
• Combat Forces
• Contracts
• Engineering
• Full Motion Video
• Government Furnished Equipment
• Intelligence Products
• Medium Altitude
• Procurement
• Program Management
• Reconnaissance
• Surveillance
• Test And Evaluation

Readers

• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Space
• Space - Space Objects