ARL Payloads ADV DEV

Abstract

Airborne Reconnaissance Low - Enhanced (ARL-E) is a worldwide self-deployable airborne Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) system designed for timely, accurate, assured support to tactical forces over the full spectrum of operations. This system is a De Havilland DHC-8 aircraft replacing the DHC-7 IAW the Aerial ISR (AISR) 2020 Strategy. ARL-E will enhance the ARL-M sensor capability sets through the procurement of new and refurbished sensors to meet the ARL-E Capabilities Production Document (CPD) requirements. It provides a persistent capability to include: Broad-Area Surveillance and/or Focused Stare on Target Areas of Interest (Point or Objective Targets), Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR)/Full-Motion Video (FMV) , Multi-Mode Radar, Robust Communications Intelligence (COMINT), on-Board Collection, Analysis, Sensor Cross Cue and dissemination through Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Enabled workstations. ARL-E will be assigned to the United States (U.S.) Army Intelligence and Security Command's Aerial ISR Brigade providing AISR support to combatant commanders. For the overall system, the Army Acquisition Objective and the Army Procurement Objective, is nine. The Mission Equipment Package (MEP) objective is eight. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Base funding of $5.253 million will fund the continued the new signal enhancement development efforts for Signals 3 and Signal 4 to enhance the COMINT collection capabilities including lab and flight test to meet the requirements in the ARL-E CPD. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Direct War/Enduring Operations funding of $2.164 million will fund the development of the Long Range Radar software enhancements, to include deep sea state to allow better collection of targets in water, and to increase combat effectiveness in contested environments and improve capability to detect and locate advanced targets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2022
Source ID
EH5_0305206A_7_2040_PB_2022

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

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