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![a sensor/instrument on a tripod, set up in a field.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2024-09/PADWOS_520663-005D.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=v1aX-Gf2)
Portable Aircraft-Derived Weather Observation System
A low-cost technology can increase the number and quality of wind and temperature atmospheric observations made by aircraft to improve forecasts.
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![A photo of two operators on an aircraft using the Laboratory's Airborne Radar Testbed to command a radar to test and demonstrate intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance radar concepts.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-04/AR21_ISR_ART1.jpg?itok=bHfv1Plc)
Airborne Radar Testbed
An aircraft outfitted with an advanced open-architecture radar system provides a platform for testing new radar technology.
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![A photograph of the Airborne Sensor Test Bed.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2022-02/ASTBairundersideRelease%20approved7x11.png?itok=hsbl7Onm)
Airborne Sensor Test Bed
A uniquely modified jet is an important asset for making important measurements of tactical aircraft.
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![A large KC-135R tanker aircraft refuels an F-15 Eagle aircraft while they in mid air.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2021-07/Refueling.jpg?itok=vmCWx1Yv)
Aerial Refueling Optimization Engine
Our model optimizes the scheduling of aerial refueling missions, saving fuel and costs for the Department of Defense.
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![The MASIVS sensor uses four focal planes.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-05/AR12_ISR_MASIVS_IMG_3455-rgb-foot-removed.jpg?h=a2f1c2b3&itok=aAevMF8h)
Multi-Aperture Sparse Imager Video System
An airborne system provides high-resolution wide-area video imagery and onboard data processing to enable real-time monitoring of suspicious human activity.
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![The GPS antenna farm provides the laboratory with live-sky access to GPS satellite signals.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/513827-002D.jpg?itok=Nj4SigcL)
GPS Support, Test, and Research Laboratory
We conduct research on the performance and vulnerability of GPS devices embedded in military and civilian systems.
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![Each BEACON instrument has two cylinders outfitted with copper electrodes. As the cylinders spin synchronously, the electrical field produces a signal between the electrodes; from this signal, the strength and direction of the E-field are computed.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/BEACON_RenderTransparent_iso.jpg?h=c2ac3c3b&itok=zDoPMQO4)
BEACON
Researchers are creating a balloon-carried instrument for predicting the likelihood of lightning in a storm cloud.
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![The LASSOS display screen highlights the laser strike event in live sensor imagery on the left and generates a 3D model of the laser streak in Google Earth, right.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/LASSOS-screen-highlight.jpg?h=70488f4c&itok=Zro-6Gou)
Laser Aircraft Strike Suppression Optical System
A system that detects laser beams being shone into the sky and alerts police of their source can help protect pilots and aircraft.
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![The antennas on the Small Airport Surveillance Sensor receive signals from aircraft transponders containing information about the aircraft's identification, speed, and altitude.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-03/510426-003D.jpg?h=cacc0911&itok=3ztYk8dj)
Small Airport Surveillance Sensor
An affordable radar surveillance system will help tower controllers at small airports monitor traffic even under poor visibility conditions.
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