Airborne Weapons Surveillance System (AWSS)
Abstract
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated the capability need for AWSS in FY 2007. Funding was secured and planning finalized for FY 2008 start. The output of AWSS will be demonstration of a capability to immediately detect enemy artillery, rocket, and mortar fires, classify those fires, and relay locations of enemy firing units to coalition counter-fire systems. The JCTD will use advanced staring non-imaging infra-red wide field-of-view detectors, together with electro-optic video, aboard unmanned air vehicles. The efficiencies of the AWSS system will be: (1) percent of detections of artillery fires at ranges of 20 km or greater, (2) location accuracy of hostile firing units, and (3) transmission time of hostile fires and hostile firing locations to coalition counterfire units, in efficient machine readable formats. The sponsor of AWSS is U.S. Pacific Command, and Republic of Korea is the coalition partner. Operational management is from Commander US Forces Korea and Republic of Korea Army. Technical lead is Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, and transition lead is Army Program Manager Unmanned Air Systems. Technical demonstrations will occur in the US using US Army manned and unmanned air vehicles, with operational assessment in forward areas using a Republic of Korea unmanned air vehicle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 9af001e4c50d1ed58818960aa8e1b91d