Current platform I am working on- PTDS

1. The Future of LTA Systems Lockheed Martin’s Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Systems Lockheed Martin Tethered Aerostat Systems
High Altitude Airship (HAA™) A Legacy of Mission Performance
Lockheed Martin delivered its first LTA-based persistent Intelligence, Surveillance
T he High Altitude Airship is projected as
an unmanned, untethered, lighter-than-air
and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems to the U.S. Navy more than 75 years ago, and so
launched an enduring legacy of LTA innovation, engineering, and production
resulting in more than 300 airships and thousands of aerostats in support of Enduring Legacy.
military operations world-wide.
vehicle operating autonomously in the Enduring Performance.
stratosphere for sustained, ultra long Unsurpassed Resources
endurance missions as a stable, geostationary With products like the U.S. Army’s Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS),
the U.S. Air Force’s Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), and the U.S. Army’s
platform suitable for intelligence, surveillance,
unmanned High Altitude Airship (HAA™) currently in development, the
and reconnaissance (ISR) and communications. world-class team of technologists and engineers at Lockheed Martin’s LTA
Persistent Surveillance Systems in Akron, OH has consistently met and surpassed
Its key attributes are: stringent client requirements. With dedicated design and calibrated analytic
y Persistent Global Operations (Months) tools, a comprehensive system and sub-system testing facility including a dedicated
y Large Coverage Area (>300,000 mi2) LTA System Integration Lab, and expansive facilities for production, system assembly,
integration, and final flight certification at the Akron Airdock, they can meet and
y Much Lower Cost Than Other Aircraft
surpass your requirements, too.
y Extremely Durable / Survivable
y Recoverable / Repairable / Re-Taskable “PTDS has come
y No In-theater Logistics to be a jewel of
y Affordable Persistence the collection
assets employed.”
“Deployed U.S. Soldier”
Lockheed Martin Corporation
MS2 Integrated Defense Technologies
300 M Street, S. E.
Suite 700
Washington, D. C. 20003
www.lockheedmartin.com/ms2/product_contacts
PIRA # - AKN200809001
HAA™. ALWAYS THERE. ALWAYS ON.

2. Persistent Border Security Persistent Combat Support Supporting the Warfighter
420K Aerostat System 74K Aerostat System
October 2004 - First PTDS unit fielded in Iraq
June 2006 - PTDS is named one of Army’s Top Ten Inventions of 2005
420K Specifications
Hull Volume: 12,000 m3 (420,000 ft3)
Length: 64 m
Mooring: Fixed Base
Payload: 1,000 kg
Operating Alt: 4,600 m
Radar Horizon: 275 km
Mooring: Mobile/Re-locatable 74K Specifications
Payload: 500 kg Hull Volume: 2,100 m3 (74,000 ft3)
Operating Alt: 1,500 m Length: 35 m
Radar Horizon: 160 km Tether: Power with fiber optics
August 2006 - Lockheed Martin wins U.S. Army contract to provide additional PTDS
units in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
The 420K Aerostat System is the standard configuration selected by the U.S. Air Force The 74K Aerostat System was selected by the U.S. Army for its Persistent Threat The PTDS is an aerostat-based sensor integration architecture designed to support the
for their Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS). All TARS systems are equipped and Detection System (PTDS) currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. As the heart automated interoperability between tactical/theater surveillance assets and the
integrated with Lockheed Martin’s L88 wide area surveillance radar. The 420K is the of this system, the 74K hosts multi-mission payloads and is functionally integrated dissemination of threat data to operational forces to aid interdiction of hostile fires and
only large aerostat system in daily use in the U.S. with the overall command information architecture unconventional threats. PTDS leverages a wide-area, secure communications backbone
for the integration of threat reporting from multiple available sensor assets.
The TARS provides low-level radar surveillance for the United States-Mexico border, the Baseline Components
Florida Straights, and part of the Caribbean in support of U.S. Counter-Drug and 1. Aerostat
7 5 “I’ve seen this system in operation during my fact-finding trips to Iraq
Counter-Narco Terrorism missions and other continental United States air sovereignty 6 2. Tether
3. Mobile Mooring Platform and have received very positive feedback from the men and women who use it.
missions. The TARS is optimized for detecting low, slow flying aircraft as well as 1 This positive feedback has been echoed by senior Army officials at the Pentagon as well.”
4. Mission payloads
maritime and surface targets. 2 5. Ground Control Shelter Rep. Jim Saxton, R-N.J., United Press International, April 19, 2007
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4 6. Maintenance & Officer Shelter
7. Power Generators & site handling equipment