BAE Systems received a $49 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop an airborne system that can rapidly identify and track camouflaged or concealed objects and targets.
The Joint Multi-Mission Electro-Optical System (JMMES) contract calls for BAE to develop aircraft sensors that enable passive, non-intrusive detection of submerged and concealed targets. Using sensors compatible with naval aircraft, JMMES will demonstrate automatic processing and a targeting capability intended for joint, coalition, and inter-agency surveillance needs.
The effort is funded jointly by the Navy, the deputy undersecretary of Defense Advanced Systems and Concepts, and the Canadian Ministry of National Defence.
The first increment of funding, for $6.7 million, was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command. Work will be performed in Honolulu, where BAE has an identification and surveillance business unit, and is expected to be completed in June 2012.
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