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Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Video Captures Ballistic Missile Defense Capabilities of Northrop Grumman's Distributed Aperture System for F-35
Northrop Grumman Corporation today released a video showing the successful detection and tracking of a two-stage rocket launch at a distance exceeding 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) with the company's AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS).
The demonstration took place this summer during a routine flight test of DAS conducted aboard the company's BAC 1-11 test bed aircraft.
"DAS is an omni-directional infrared system that can simultaneously detect and track aircraft and missiles in every direction, with no practical limit on the number of targets it can track.
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