Joint Stars
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The E8C
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Joint STARS is a joint Army-Air Force wide-area-surveillance
system that provides battle management and targeting information. It supports
situation development and targeting of mobile and fixed ground targets
and slow moving rotary wing aircraft. Joint STARS consists of an Air Force
E8C aircraft and Army GSMs.
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The Joint STARS system is designed to detect, locate and
track moving and stationary ground equipment targets located beyond the
Forward Line of Troops (FLOT). The GSM processes data from the Joint Stars
aircraft Commanders Tactical Terminals (CTT), Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT),
and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and disseminates intelligence, battle
management and targeting data to Army Command, Control, Communications
and Intelligence (C3I) nodes via LAN, wire or radio. This enables integrated
battle management, surveillance, targeting and interdiction plans to be
developed/executed using near real-time data.
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The E8C
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The E8C collets MTI, FTI and SAR radar data using a multimode
radar. The Army's GSMs receive and analyze the radar imagery data from
the E8C.
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The E8C/GSM data link is a wideband, anit-jam, two way data
link. Requests for special radar products are requested through this data
link. The E8C and GSMs are also linked through secure UHF and VHF radios.
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Common Ground Station
Joint STARS Common Ground Station (CGS) receives manipulates,
displays, stores and disseminates Joint STARS, UAV, Army AVN, SIGNIT, broadcase
intelligence and secondary imagery from tactical, theater and national
systems. The CGS is designed to operate on the move and at a secret collateral
level. It interfaces with ACE, TOC, aviation and artillery nodes. The CGS
has a robust suite of modern communications which include SATCOM and CTT.
CGS facilitates intelligence, surveillance, taegeting and other battle
management operations. It provides the force with a fully scalable, tailorable,
mobile, and responsive sensor data processing capability to satisfy operational
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Common Ground Station
Ground Station Modules (GSM) are capable of receiving imagery
from the Army's UAV-SR and SIGINT data through the Commanders Tactical
Terminal (CTT). The GSMs are distributed to all echelons brigade and above.
It supports surveillance, intelligence, targeting and battle management
functions with NRT interactive displays which can be reproduced on a remote
terminal. The operator provides accurate fixed and moving target locations,
speed, target classification, and direction of movement. The GSM is equipped
with standard tactical communications, and secure commercial communications. |
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These slides were created by John Clancy
Page Updated December 31, 2003,
page created September 02, 1998
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