AEROS PARTICIPATES IN DARPA ISIS AIRBORNE SENSOR PROGRAM

Arlington, Virginia - October 7, 2003

The DARPA Special Projects Office has launched the ISIS Program, which will study the feasibility of an extremely powerful sensor package integrated directly into the structure of a stratospheric airship. Aeros will be supporting the program teamed with Northrop Grumman.

ISIS (Integrated Sensor In Structure) intends to develop a stratospheric, airship-based autonomous unmanned sensor that can track targets in the air and on the ground. The intended mission endurance is ¡°years¡±. ISIS is revolutionary in that radar performance requirements are met not by increased power but instead by increased aperture. The phased-array radar antennas will be integrated into the airship itself, ulitizing the vehicle¡¯s immense size as a sensor asset.

Aeros will be working the airship and antenna integration issues. The stratospheric platform program also seeks to field an unmanned airship capable of staying on station for as much as an entire year.

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About DARPA

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