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The Air Defense Force of the United States Air Force (USAF) and Army conducted a technology demonstration for the Deployable Integrated Air Defense System (D-IADS).
It involved teams from the U.S. Army’s Air and Missile Center of the United States Army’s Combat Capability Development Command and the U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense Command 263 (AAMDC). ) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
Conducted from September 12 to 23, the demonstration aimed to authenticate the system’s deployment processes and advanced electronic identification capabilities, known as Cross-Platform Advanced Combat ID (JMAC), with NORAD’s D-IADS.
Designed to increase combat space awareness, JMAC is an advanced electronic identification capability.
“The time it takes to make effective decisions is essential in air and missile defense.
It provides enhanced support for identifying potential threats, allowing executives more time to make critical decisions. Lieutenant General Kirk Pierce, NORAD Area Commander for the Continental United States and 1st Air Force (Northern Air Defense and Air Defense Forces), said:
“We are confident that the enhanced capabilities will allow D-IADS to do just that.”
The process began with Pierce and Brigadier General Richard Wholey of AAMDC 263 visiting the Tyndall Air Force Base radar site to inspect the demonstration equipment.
AAMDC provided approximately 70 support personnel for the demonstration, as well as the U.S. Army’s National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) launch vehicle, a mobile command and control unit (NASAMS). C2) and two upgraded Sentinel radars. During the two-week demonstration, two Sentinel radars were placed in various locations on major bases and in the airspace to identify various simulated aerial threats representing missiles/machinery. enemy flight.
The data collected by the radars is transmitted to the C2 range, where air defenses use countermeasures such as NASAMS to defeat the enemy. The collected data will then be evaluated to confirm the overall performance and improve the capabilities of the D-IADS.