Air National Guard:

In the world of air and missile defense, the further away a possible threat can be accurately detected and rapidly identified, the more time decision makers will have to respond.

With that in mind, Air Forces Northern here teamed up with the 263rd Army Air and Missile Defense Command from Anderson, S.C., and the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center from Huntsville, Ala., to conduct a Deployable Integrated Air Defense System (D-IADS) Technology Demonstration featuring enhanced capabilities Sept. 12-23 here. 

The demonstration was conducted to validate the system’s deployment procedures and to validate an advanced electronic identification capability, known as Joint Multi-platform Advanced Combat ID (JMAC), into NORAD’s D-IADS. JMAC is designed to increase battlespace awareness by enhancing threat identification and therefore providing leaders more decision time.

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