-- Currently Flying on the U2 --
"...electro- optical systems that provide rapid-reaction Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, or 'ISR', capabilities to the warfighter.
...can be used to rapidly augment and/or replenish space capabilities in times of national need. They can also provide a distributed capability, lessening the vulnerability of the U.S.'s constellation of imaging satellites. Demonstrations of anti-satellite capabilities by foreign governments only serve to underscore the importance of this type of system capability.
...long- range airborne electro-optical sensor.
link to Goodrich Airborne Reconnaisance Technology http://www.goodrich.com/Feature/SingleStory/0,1285,127,00.html
on the above page click http://www.isr.goodrich.com/ for Surveillance Reconnaissance Systems
see also http://www.isr.goodrich.com/SurveillanceAndReconnaissanceSystems.shtml
~Operationally Responsive Space, or 'ORS' redundancy.
These (this?) electro-optical sensor(s) provide real-time display and are small (and light) enough to add to (hide on) any satellite?
Posted by Stubbornson at June 17, 2007 07:44 PM