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Accurate Attitude Determination is Critical to Air Force''s Tethered Aerostat Radar System.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 10-JUN-02 		Format: Online - approximately 921 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Business Editors & Aerospace/Defense Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002

Thales Navigation's Ashtech ADU2 GPS Receivers Ensure

Accurate Real-Time Data for Federal Drug Interdiction Efforts

In America's campaign to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the country, there are few weapons as powerful and cost-effective as the Air Force's Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), a series of blimp-like, radar-equipped balloons strung along the southern U.S. border from California to Puerto Rico.

The system's primary mission is to support the federal drug interdiction program by detecting aircraft that enter U.S. air space across the southern border and reporting that data in real time to appropriate agencies.

Since TARS requires accurate attitude determination to ensure proper operation, each aerostat has been equipped with an Ashtech ADU2 GPS receiver from Thales Navigation to track its attitude. Thales Navigation...

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