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July 17, 2011

This 'SPYDR' flies, not crawls

By CHAD BLACKSHEAR Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE — L-3 Mission Integration debuted SPYDR at the 2011 Royal International Air Tattoo Friday.

According to an L-3 press release, SPYDR is the next-generation, small, manned airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) platform specifically designed for military and civilian customers looking for flexible, multiple intelligence solutions.

The aircraft’s name is derived from Spiderworks, L-3’s strategic initiatives team, SPYDR is a complete processing, exploitation and dissemination (PED) system that accurately acquires information to be made actionable. While SPYDR is platform-independent, L-3 unveiled SPYDR on the King Air 350 platform, one of many platforms onto which the company has integrated ISR systems.

“Today’s complex ISR environment requires complete end-to-end solutions that are as nimble and adaptive as the targets they track,” said Mark Von Schwarz, president of L-3 Mission Integration. “SPYDR technology casts an inescapable web that captures mission-critical intelligence and disseminates real-time actionable information in the field. Our investments in people, and infrastructure enabled us to develop a process for rapid delivery and total life-cycle support. L-3 has a committed team and existing global supply chain, as well as a proven track record in integrating ISR aircraft. No other provider has delivered one aircraft every 13 days operational to the field, generating intelligence that saved lives on day one.”

SPYDR platform features include: Full-motion video, signals intelligence (SIGINT), line-of-sight communications, primary mission equipment, self-protection sensors and systems and various mission configurations.

The platform is built using a modular, spiral approach, and is reconfigurable to react quickly and adapt to new and emerging mission requirements.

 New technologies can be phased in based on new innovations and customer budgets.

SPYDR’s technology insertion options include: Wide Area Surveillance System, updated Tactical Common Data Link, Wing Tip Pod Sensors, maritime radar, Ka/Ku-band  satellite data link, new SIGINT technologies, associated ground systems, 4G airborne cell, multi-INT training and troop-level human machine interfaces.

 

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