EMARSS Payloads ADV DEV
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). Loss of an EMARSS-M in 2020 has reduced the operational fleet to 23 aircraft. 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) 2023 Base funding of $6.769 million continues the development of SIGINT server software and sensor enhancements. These enhancements are accomplished through SIGINT software porting and development of new SIGINT software focusing on resource management and emerging signals of interest applicable in a peer environment. This continued development effort leverages previous SIGINT server investments by PM SAI and other services facilitating rapid and continuous integration of capabilities targeting emerging signal sets and threats. This SIGINT development work will continue to address new threats as they emerge. Funds also provide sensor engineering and program management office support. FY 2023 funding of $8.300 million provides peer readiness and mitigates ongoing sensor sub-component obsolescence impacting the Enhanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) / Moving Target Indicator (MTI) Sensor Systems for combat or direct combat support expenses for Operation Enduring Sentinel. This funding continues the development of upgraded extended range antenna and associated signal processor to provide increased effective range and target processing. This sensor development work will continue through FY 2024.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- EH3_0305206A_7_2040_PB_2023
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