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November 16, 2023

Polish Armed Forces Will Create Aerostat Battalion to Detect Cruise Missiles

The Center also announced that the first radar post would be established in July 2026. Back in May, the Armament

October 13, 2023

US Army considering aerostat overhaul as focus turns to Russia, China

C4isrnet The U.S. Army is examining how it can reinvigorate its aging fleet of blimp-like aircraft known as aerostats that

October 10, 2023

Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army

Defense News The U.S. Army has for years experimented with high-altitude balloons and long-endurance, fixed-wing, solar-powered platforms capable of operating in the stratosphere. Now

July 27, 2016

Russia Designing Blimps Aimed at Reducing Threat of U.S. Cruise Missiles

The town of Peresvet outside Moscow is home to the testing area of an exotic type of non-lethal weapon –

June 23, 2016

Long Live JLENS? NORTHCOM Scrambles to Address Cruise Missile Defense Gap

Defense News: The tethered aerostat designed to defend against cruise missiles is slated to be killed by Congress in fiscal 2017

March 23, 2016

Amid Lack of Congressional Support, Army Hopes for 2017 JLENS Funding

Defense News: WASHINGTON — Amid a lack of congressional support, the Army is hoping for fiscal 2017 funding for the troubled Joint

March 9, 2016

In Step To Keep JLENS Alive, Army Asks Congress for More Money

Defense News: WASHINGTON — The Army has asked Congress to let it spend another $27.2 million to keep the Joint Land Attack

December 31, 2015

Damage claims in JLENS ballon escape top $300,000

The Baltimore Sun: The Army has received more than $300,000 in claims from a dozen people who say their property