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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Raytheon Establishes New JLENS Test Site at White Sands Missile Range


Raytheon Company recently established a test site at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for its cruise missile defense system – the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS).

Brig. Gen. Ole Knudson, the U.S. Army's Program Executive Officer for Missiles and Space, along with representatives from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.; White Sands Missile Range; prime contractor Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; and TCOM, the aerostat's manufacturer located in Elizabeth City, N.C., attended the test site's activation.

"JLENS provides an incredible capability," BG Knudson said. "It is strategically important in a lot of places in the world."

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