Northrop installs enhanced JTAGS in Japan
Northrop Grumman and the US Army have deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in Japan to improve missile defence and battlespace awareness.
JTAGS receives and processes data down-linked directly from the defence support programme and other infrared satellite sensors. During the process, JTAGS distributes near-real-time warning, alerting and cueing information on ballistic missile launches and other tactical missions throughout the theatre using multiple communications networks.
The work is part of the product improvement programme previously awarded to Northrop Grumman to modernise JTAGS. The system was first fielded in 1997 to provide in-theatre missile warning using data directly from satellite sensors.
Under the programme, Northrop has updated JTAGS hardware, software and communication systems. Additional JTAGS data sources include the space based infrared system geosynchronous scanner and highly elliptical orbit feeds. Upgrades were also made to soldier-machine interfaces and for cyber protection.
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