SNC-led Gorgon Stare Team Wins 2011 C4ISR Journal Top Sensor Award

SPARKS, Nev., Oct. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the eleventh C4ISR Journal Annual Conference and Big 25 Awards, the US Air Force/SNC Gorgon Stare team was announced as the 2011 C4ISR Top Sensor award winners!  Brigadier General Mark Westergren,  the Director of Strategy, Plans, Doctrine and Force Development at the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, Headquarters Air Force, and Mr. Mike Meermans, SNC's Corporate VP of Strategic Planning, accepted the award this afternoon in Washington, DC, on behalf of the entire Gorgon Stare team.  

The United States Air Force (USAF)'s Gorgon Stare (GS) Wide-Area Persistent Surveillance System, was developed by the SNC-led, best-of-breed industry team under the USAF/Big Safari rapid acquisition program, and has been flying operational missions since April, 2011. Hosted on a USAF/General Atomics long-dwell MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle, each GS orbit provides uninterrupted, 24/7 visible and IR coverage of city-sized areas, providing real-time motion video directly to theater and tactical forces engaged in operations. SNC's market-leading Increment 1 partners include ITT Geospatial Systems, Mercury Federal Systems, MIT/LL, L3 Communications, Gichner Shelter Systems, and AdamWorks. SNC is also currently under USAF contract to develop the next generation of Gorgon Stare systems. In addition to its Increment 1 partners, the SNC-led Increment 2 team adds BAE Systems as the next-generation visible sensor provider.

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