In the next decade, Innovative Space-based radar Antenna Technology will provide enhanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the warfighter
When launched in 2010, a football field in length (100 yards) demonstrator, weighing over five tons, will serve as the forerunner for the future of America's intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets in the heavens.
Administered by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., the Innovative Space-based radar Antenna Technology (ISAT) program focuses on developing systems to deploy extremely large (up to 300 yards) electronically scanning radar antennas flying 5,700 miles above the Earth's surface and providing improved ground target detection to the warfighter.
"These huge antennas will enable the revolutionary performance required to conduct tactical sensing from space, including missions like continuous and reliable tracking of surface targets," said Dr. Steven A. Lane, ISAT program manager. "Since it uses radar, it is not limited by cloud coverage and can operate at night, unlike optical systems."
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