EMARSS Payloads ADV DEV (MIP)

Abstract

The Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) is the Army's newest generation C-12 based, direct support, manned airborne intelligence collection, processing, and targeting support system. It provides a persistent capability to detect, locate, classify/identify, and track surface targets with a high degree of timeliness and accuracy. EMARSS is assigned to the United States (U.S.) Army Intelligence and Security Command's Aerial Exploitation Battalions, providing Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance support to combatant commanders. EMARSS is also assigned to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in support of training at the US Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE). The Army Acquisition Objective for EMARSS is 36 systems, with an Army Procurement Objective of 24, to include the following variants: eight (8) EMARSS-G (Geo-INT); four (4) EMARSS-V (Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar, VaDER); eight (8) EMARSS-M (Multi-INT); and four (4) EMARSS-S (SIGINT). This funding line supports enhancements to the following sensor capabilities in order to maintain relevancy to the Warfighter: Communications Intelligence (COMINT); Signals Intelligence (SIGINT); Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS); Light Imaging Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and improved Synthetic Aperture Radar / Moving Target Indicator (SAR/MTI) Radar; Line-Of-Site (LOS) and Beyond Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) communications; and Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) supporting two Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A) enabled operator workstations. Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 funding in the amount of $6.290 million continues the development of sensor enhancements through SIGINT software porting and development of new SIGINT software focusing on new signal sets applicable in a near peer environment. This funding also initiates SIGINT architecture development to exploit additional signals of interest relative to MDO, and a SIGINT server leveraging development of other services and facilitating rapid and continuous integration of capabilities targeting emerging signal sets and threats. This SIGINT architecture development work continues through FY 2025.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2021
Source ID
EH3_0305206A_7_2040_PB_2021

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  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

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