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By Daniel Baxter |
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December 13, 2010 - Boeing announced that it has
received a two-year engineering and manufacturing
development contract for the Enhanced Medium Altitude
Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS) from the
U.S. Army.
EMARSS is a manned, airborne intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance system, the Enhanced Medium Altitude
Reconnaissance and Surveillance System, or EMARSS, is an
American reconnaissance aircraft project that grew out
of the failed Aerial Common Sensor project.
The EMARSS system will consist of a commercial derivative aircraft equipped with Electro-optic/Infrared (EO/IR) Full Motion Video (FMV) sensor, a COMINT collection system, an aerial precision Geolocation system, line-of-site (LOS) tactical and beyond line-of-site (LOS/BLOS) communications suites.
Two operator workstations and a self-protection suite.
Four competing teams had submitted bids Boeing, L-3
Communications, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
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It will
provide a persistent capability to detect, locate,
classify/identify and track surface targets in nearly all
weather conditions, day or night, with a high degree of
timeliness and accuracy.
Boeing?s
EMARSS will consist of a commercial derivative aircraft, the
Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350. The aircraft will be equipped
with an electro-optic and infrared full-motion video sensor; a
communications intelligence collection system; an aerial
precision guidance system; line-of-sight tactical and beyond
line-of-sight communications suites; two operator workstations,
and a self-protection suite. "The Boeing team is honored to have been selected for the EMARSS contract,? said Darryl Davis, president of Boeing Phantom Works. ?We believe our technical approach, combined with our previous airborne sensor and communication systems integration experience, provides strong value to the Army and Department of Defense." |
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