After detecting fixed and moving ground targets, the ASARS-2A compiled data and transmitted images in a high- resolution format to TIS, the receiving node of the Navy's Distributed Common Ground Station. Kennedy (CV 67) and U-2 aircraft, TIS successfully obtained images from the ASARS-2A, an Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar system featuring all-weather, day-night, long-range mapping capabilities. TIS can receive and process digital imagery over a wireless data link, reducing the time required to process imagery from upwards of ten hours to less than ten minutes.ĭuring recent live-fly tests during the Combined Joint Task Force Exercise (CJTFEX) 04-2 on June 12-21, that included USS Mt. Under previous systems, airborne sensors would have to land and unload rolls of film, which were developed and processed on hard copy. TIS replaces the Navy's legacy "wet film" capability with a fully-digital, real-time imagery workstation.
The demonstration expands the portfolio of tactical sensors integrated with TIS and further establishes TIS as the Navy's flexible, affordable tactical imagery processing solution.
Navy's imagery processing system of record, recently demonstrated full interoperability with an advanced tactical radar sensor, ASARS-2A. The Lockheed Martin developed Tactical Input Segment (TIS), the U.S.