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U.S. Army Will Evaluate JLENS Over Mid-Atlantic Region
The U.S. Army will deploy a JLENS orbit consisting of two aerostats from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for an operational evaluation. (Photo: Raytheon)
The U.S. Army will deploy a JLENS orbit consisting of two aerostats from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., for an operational evaluation. (Photo: Raytheon)

Prime contractor Raytheon expects that the U.S. Army will begin an operational evaluation in the coming fiscal year of its joint land attack cruise missile defense elevated netted sensor system (JLENS), an aerostat-based surveillance system that will monitor a sizeable chunk of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.