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It was the Marine Corps' first semi-automated system capable of collecting, processing, computing and displaying aircraft surveillance data while also sharing that information with other participating units via tactical data link. The system was developed in the late 1950s/early 1960s when it was recognized that due to the speed, range and ...
The AN/PRC-150(C) radio is currently in use with the United States Army, United States Special Operations Command [3] as well as within the US Marine Corps and United States Air Force. The PRC-150 is particularly popular for use in dismounted reconnaissance units, such as the US Army's Long Range Surveillance units (now deactivated), IBCT ...
Long Range Early Warning Radars The AN/TPS-59 (V)3 Ballistic Missile Defense Radar in Afghanistan. AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. AN/TPS-32 (1969 - early 1990s) Three-dimensional, tactical long-range surveillance radar operated from the early 1970s through the early 1990s. [10] [11] AN/TPS-59 (mid ...
The Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) is a secure, jam-resistant, computer-controlled communications network that distributes near real-time tactical information, generally integrated into radio sets, and coordinated by a Network Control Station. [1]
A United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalion (or commonly called Marine Division Recon) is a reconnaissance unit within the Ground Combat Element (GCE) of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) that conducts amphibious reconnaissance, underwater reconnaissance, advanced force operations, battlespace shaping, ground reconnaissance, surveillance, raids and direct action in support of ...
Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) is the NATO name for the communication component of Link-16 developed by Xetron. [1]MIDS is an advanced command, control, communications, computing and intelligence system incorporating high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital communication links for exchange of near real-time tactical information, including both data and voice, among air ...
The AN/TPS-63 was a medium range, Two-dimensional, L band radar system utilized by the United States Marine Corps from the early 1980s until finally retired in 2018. This mobile radar was developed by Northrop Grumman and complimented the AN/TPS-59 long range radar by providing 360 degree, gap-filling coverage of low altitude areas.
In the 1980s, the Marine Corps began to seek a replacement for both the AN/TPS-32 and MTDS. Development continued throughout the 1980s at Marine Air Control Squadron 1 (MACS-1). Following the Gulf War , the TPS-32 was replaced in the Marine Corps inventory by the AN/TPS-59 .