The CSP is an electro-optic/infrared/laser designator (EO/IR/LD) sensor that provides reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition (RSTA), and intelligence gathering capabilities to the MQ-1C Gray Eagle uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) in support of battlefield commanders.

• The CSP provides near real-time imagery for detection and classification of targets/threats for battlefield commanders with a day/night imaging sensor and laser designation, pointing, target marking, and spot tracking for aerial intelligence.
• The upgraded CSP version 3 (v3) is currently in production with the new Target Location Accuracy (TLA) capabilities, which will provide automated target coordinate mensuration done in seconds versus minutes to allow for near-real time engagements with coordinate seeking weapons.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• The CSP mounts onto the MQ-1C Gray Eagle and is required for the Gray Eagle to execute its mission in support of battlefield commanders

To deliver high-quality, cost-effective, multi-mission payloads for LE across all variants of uncrewed aircraft systems (UASs).

A family of systems (FoS) approach for all UAS/LE to allow flexibility in variants and versions across multiple platforms and payloads.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• Payloads are dependent on specific air vehicle size, weight, and power requirements that will limit the capabilities each size vehicle can have installed

STARLite is a synthetic aperture radar/ground moving target indicator, dismount moving target indicator (SAR/GMTI/DMTI) system, which is a lightweight, high performance, all-weather, multi-functional radar sensor.

• Payload is capable of on-board processing and transmission of near-real-time imagery and target detection data to the Universal Ground Control Station (UGCS) via a digital data link
• SAR and MTI data can be exploited in the PED and/or the Ground Control Station-Element in the UGCS
• Provides battlefield commanders increased situational awareness through wide area surveillance, imaging of stationary targets, and detection/tracking of moving targets

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• STARLite and the Common Sensor Payload (CSP) cross-cue on the MQ-1C UAS Gray Eagle
• STARLite provides high-resolution spot mode imagery and high-resolution strip mode imagery up to 20 kilometers

EMARSS is the Army’s current-generation C-12 based, direct support, manned airborne intelligence collection, processing, and targeting support system. It provides a persistent capability to detect, locate, classify/identify, and track surface targets with a high degree of timeliness and accuracy.

EMARSS provides rapid cross-cueing of multiple on-board sensors to enable timely target confirmation and positive identification of mobile, fleeting targets in direct support brigade combat team operations as well as general support to higher echelon and coalition forces across the full range of military operations. The EMARSS program’s flexibility, endurance, sensor capability, communications architecture, and PED provides critical, near real-time support to multiple combatant commands.

EMARSS aircraft are assigned to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command’s (INSCOM) Aerial Exploitation Battalions (AEBs) providing aerial ISR support to combatant commanders. The Army Acquisition Objective for EMARSSS is 36 systems, with an Army Procurement Objective of 24, to include the following variants: eight EMARSS-Geospatial Intelligence (EMARSS-G); four EMARSS-Vehicle and Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) (EMARSS-V); eight EMARSS-Multiple Intelligence (EMARSS-M); and four EMARSS-Signals Intelligence (EMARSS-S).

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• EMARSS intercepts, identifies, locates, and reports threat special communications signals emitters. The system provides real-time downlink sensor-to-shooter connectivity to the Soldier via a common data link (CDL) and tactical comms links. Beyond-line-of-sight, net-centric, off-board analysis, and reporting reduces deployed footprint and sustainment. EMARSS sensor collection data also feeds the National Intelligence Community and supports the Army’s PED Center of Excellence mission requirements

Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System (EMARSS)

The GRCS is a RC-12X fixed-wing aircraft, which hosts communications intelligence and electronic intelligence sensors. It provides a persistent capability to detect, locate, and classify/identify critical targets with a relevant degree of timeliness and accuracy.

Originally a Cold War system built for Indications and Warnings against adversaries in both European and Pacific Theaters of Operation, the GRCS provides near peer capability and anti-access/area denial standoff. The Guardrail RC-12X significantly improves the system’s tactical irregular warfare capability, by collecting low-, mid-, and high-band radio signals; identifying, classifying; determining source location; and providing near-real-time reporting, ensuring information dominance to commanders.

The GRCS is assigned to two U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command’s Aerial Exploitation Battalions, providing aerial ISR support to combatant commanders. In accordance with the Army’s aerial ISR 2020 strategy, the Army’s Acquisition Objective/Army’s Procurement Objective (AAO/APO) is 19 RC-12X; seven fielded to the 3rd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (BN); seven fielded to the 204th MI BN, and five pilot trainers to support Force Generation. The five trainers are not equipped with Primary Mission Equipment.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• The GRCS intercepts, identifies, locates, and reports threat special communications signals emitters. The system provides real-time downlink sensor-to-shooter connectivity to the Soldier via a common data link (CDL) and tactical comms links. Net-centric, off-board analysis and reporting reduces deployed footprint and sustainment. The GRCS sensor collection data also feeds the National Intelligence Community and supports the Army’s PED Center of Excellence mission requirements

Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS)

ARES is a manned contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) proof of concept aerial ISR technical demonstrator jet, delivering modernized sensor capabilities against near-peer threats and adversaries, operating in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility.

The objective for the aerial ISR technical demonstrator includes:

• The evaluation of electronic intelligence, communications intelligence, and electronic warfare/attack and cyber effects using a COCO jet that exceed capabilities of the Army’s current programs of record
• Assessing performance of modern sensors flown at high altitudes with the ability to conduct deep sensing during exercises and deployment
• Informing future aerial ISR modernization priorities
• Refining the capability gaps for expeditionary PED

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command PED network, PEO IEW&S sensors, Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) (future), PEO Aviation

Airborne Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare System (ARES)

ARTEMIS is a manned contractor-owned, contractor-operated (COCO) proof of concept aerial ISR technical demonstrator jet, delivering modernized sensor capabilities against near-peer threats and adversaries, operating in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

The objective for the AISR technical demonstrator includes:

• The evaluation of electronic intelligence, communications intelligence, and electronic warfare/attack and cyber effects using a COCO jet that exceed capabilities of the Army’s current programs of record
• Assessing performance of modern sensors flown at high altitudes with the ability to conduct deep sensing during exercises and deployment
• Informing future aerial ISR modernization priorities
• Refining the capability gaps for expeditionary PED

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command PED network, PEO IEW&S sensors, Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) (future), PEO Aviation

Airborne Reconnaissance Targeting Exploitation Mission Intelligence System (ARTEMIS)

The MDSS HADES will be a multi-faceted sensing capability on higher altitude, longer endurance manned platforms (e.g., business jets) that can provide stand-off from enemy anti-access/area denial systems. HADES will address Army requirements for medium to high altitude aerial ISR capabilities to rapidly gain and maintain situational understanding, freedom of maneuver, overmatch, and decision advantage in Multi-Domain Operations.

• Flexible and integrated platforms, payloads, data transport, and enhanced analysis capabilities
• Ability to conduct deep sensing to recognize, identify, track, and geo-locate targets
• Sensor-to-shooter links to shorten the kill chain and operate at the tempo and volume of large-scale ground combat operations
• Near-real-time products via on-board data processing using artificial intelligence and advanced data processing
• Initial capabilities will include electronic intelligence, communications intelligence, and synthetic aperture radar/moving target indicator sensing
• Follow-on capabilities will include cyber, electronic warfare, and air-launched effects

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command PED network, PEO IEW&S sensors, Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) (future), PEO Aviation

High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES)

The Multi Domain Sensing System (MDSS), High-altitude Extended-range Long-endurance Intelligence Observation System (HELIOS) will provide deep sensing Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Intelligence, Survellance and Reconnaissance (ISR) from high altitude (60-100,000 feet) against near-peer threats located one thousand miles or more beyond the Forward Line of Troops (FLOT).

HELIOS is just one component of the larger MDSS family of systems, which includes manned and unmanned ISR sensor-platform pairings arrayed in a self-healing network from low to high altitude through the entire depth of the future Multi Domain Operations (MDO) battlefield. As the Army transitions into an MDO capable and then an MDO ready force, HELIOS will serve as an essential component of the Waypoint and Aimpoint force.

Commanders require cross-domain solutions to penetrate anti-access/area denial defenses and precisely geolocate threat integrated air defense systems. The stratosphere is the final piece of the aerial domain that must be operationalized to complete the common operating picture across the entire depth of the future Multi Domain Operations (MDO) battlespace. Deep sensing from the stratosphere is a force multiplier for Joint, Army, and mission partners as it provides targetable data in near-real-time (NRT) for action by long-range Fires elements. Stratospheric sensors also increase commander’s situational understanding as it produces critical intelligence that is cloud discoverable by Joint All-Domain Command and Control systems and within the Army Command Post Computing Environment.

This deep sensing capability includes a mix of High-Altitude Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (HA-ISR) sensors hosted on remotely piloted High Altitude Platforms (HAP) complemented by High Altitude Air Launched Effects (HA-ALE). These HA-ISR sensors will identify and develop land-based and maritime targets suitable for Long Range Precision Fires (LRPF) during conflict and provide persistent surveillance during competition on strategic areas of interest. In addition to its deep sensing capabilities, HA-ISR can conduct on-board data processing for rapid target recognition and reporting as well as a resilient architecture capable of functioning in disrupted, disconnected, intermittent and low-bandwidth (DDIL) environments.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• INSCOM Processing, Exploitation & Dissemination (PED) network, IEW&S sensors, IS&A TITAN (future), PEO Aviation

The MDSS HAP-DS will provide deep ISR from high altitude (60,000-100,000 feet) against near-peer threats located one thousand miles or more beyond the forward line of troops.

HAP-DS is just one component of the larger MDSS family of systems, which includes manned and unmanned ISR sensor-platform pairings arrayed in a self-healing network from low to high altitude through the entire depth of the future Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) battlefield. As the Army transitions into an MDO capable and then an MDO ready force, HAP-DS will serve as an essential component of the waypoint and aimpoint force.

Commanders require cross-domain solutions to penetrate anti-access/area denial defenses and precisely geolocate threat integrated air defense systems. The stratosphere is the final piece of the aerial domain that must be operationalized to complete the common operating picture across the entire depth of the future MDO battlespace. Deep sensing from the stratosphere is a force multiplier for Joint, Army, and mission partners as it provides targetable data in near-real-time for action by long-range Fires elements. Stratospheric sensors also increase a commander’s situational understanding as it produces critical intelligence that is cloud discoverable by Joint All-Domain Command and Control systems and within the Army Command Post Computing Environment.

This deep sensing capability includes a mix of High-Altitude ISR (HA-ISR) sensors hosted on remotely piloted HAP complemented by High Altitude Air Launched Effects. These HA-ISR sensors will identify and develop land-based and maritime targets suitable for Long Range Precision Fires during conflict and provide persistent surveillance during competition on strategic areas of interest. In addition to its deep sensing capabilities, the HA-ISR sensors can conduct on-board data processing for rapid target recognition and reporting as well as a resilient architecture capable of functioning in disrupted, disconnected, intermittent and low-bandwidth environments.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command PED network, PEO IEW&S sensors, Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) (future), PEO Aviation

Provides Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) capable sensing against near-peer threats in highly contested electromagnetic, cyber, and Denied, Disconnected, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments

The MDSS HERMES will provide MDO capable sensing against near-peer threats in highly contested electromagnetic, cyber, and Denied, Disconnected, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments. HERMES is employed on MDSS aerial ISR systems providing detection, identification, and precision geolocation of threats for targeting by the Army’s Integrated Fires System (IFS) through the entire depth of the future MDO battlefield.

HERMES is a multi-platform signals intelligence (SIGINT) sensor suite deployed on the MDSS aerial ISR fleet. The software defined radios collect on threat signatures in all theaters. HERMES uses Sensor Open Systems Architectures (SOSA) and Sensor Computing Environment (CE) standards to effectively communicate and share information with the Command Post Computing Environment. HERMES sensors deployed with survivable, attractable, or expendable platforms, use secure, cyber resilient, assured data transport to feed artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) enabled PED functions. HERMES is designed to be interoperable with the Tactical Intelligence Targeting and Access Node (TITAN) and future Intel Apps as they emerge. Parallel dissemination to AI/ML capable mission command systems, establish sensor-to-shooter links that simultaneously enable fires, electromagnetic warfare, and cyber effects during large scale combat operations. The same integrated approach is used across the MDSS family of systems with the intent of converging capabilities from multiple domains, the electromagnetic spectrum, and the information environment supporting the MDO Force’s ability to achieve overmatch.

HERMES mitigates SIGINT collection gaps and provides the means to outpace adversary technology by advancing US capabilities to the edge of technological innovation and operational relevance. It supports Commanders across all phases by revealing adversary capabilities, actions, and intent, providing targetable information, and satisfying information needs as the Joint Force transitions back to competition. The HERMES open architecture design and distributed network approach supports convergence of intelligence, electromagnetic warfare, cyberspace, and fires capabilities available to multi-domain formations. Ultimately, it increases Army relevance in the Joint fight and is a vital component of an MDO ready intelligence enterprise.

SYSTEM INTERDEPENDENCIES:

• HERMES interdependencies are still to be determined, but currently envisioned initially as a capability for the MQ-1 Gray Eagle uncrewed aircraft system (UAS)