MASSY, France, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- ThalesRaytheonSystems Deployable Air Command and Control system successfully demonstrated its air defense capabilities during a recent NATO Exercise.
The ACCS performed in a tactical air C2 role in the Netherlands by building the simulated air surveillance picture and sharing it with other participants in NATO's Joint Project Optic Windmill 2010 exercise, including Patriots, simulated AWACS and frigates over NATO's L-16 military tactical data exchange network.
ThalesRaytheonSystems' deployable, shelterized command and control system called DARS (Deployable Air Control Center, Recognized Air Picture Production Center and Sensor Fusion Post) was used.
The company said its ACCS also managed and controlled fighter aircraft and surface-to-air missile units in the defense role against air-breathing threats in the simulated JPOW scenario.
In a related JPOW activity taking place at NATO's Integrated Missile Defense Test Bed in The Hague, an ACCS Missile Defense prototype also connected to exercise participants at another JPOW site, successfully exchanging tactical data on missile defense and for space track surveillance and weapons engagement.
"The ACCS Program has participated in JPOW for the past few years and this is the first time the deployable DARS unit has been included," said Jack Harrington, chief executive officer, ThalesRaytheonSystems. "We are pleased that an opportunity was created to test DARS capabilities in a complex, large-scale networked simulation."
