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ANG ER 10 R Add AR

Modernization of Air National Guard C-130 Aircraft

Date Submitted: July 12, 2018
Category: ANG ER
State: Arkansas

Type Draft Resolution:
New Resolution

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Submitter:
Barbara Scott

Proposal:

Fund and procure Wide Area Multispectral Surveillance Systems (WAMSS) for ANG C-130H aircraft

White Paper:
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Recommendation:
Integration of advanced multispectral surveillance capability onto ANG aircraft in support of Domestic Capabilities Priorities (DCP) critical requirement ESF-5 for Domestic Incident Awareness and Assessment. 1. Background. The ANG has identified a critical requirement for unclassified, near real-time, high resolution, wide-area, multispectral imagery data collection to support the rapid analysis and assessment of domestic incidents, such as man made or natural disasters. A highly capable pod-mounted sensor is needed which can be carried on multiple fixed-wing aircraft, C-130 & MQ9. The ANG has recently conducted a successful Operational Assessment of the DB-110 sensor, validating its utility to conduct humanitarian missions and support assessments of disaster-stricken areas. The MS-110 is the next-generation DB-110 that will introduce multispectral capabilities, similar to those deployed on the USAF U2 (SYERS) and Global Hawk (MS-177), and will fully satisfy the National Guard's requirement for a Wide-Area Multispectral Surveillance System (WAMSS). For example, a single MS-110 sensor deployed on a C-130 would have produced a high-resolution assessment (include multispectral composite imagery) of the entire Island of Puerto Rico in ~1 hour.

Input #:
1
Resolution #:
10
Item #:
R
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