BACKGROUND PAPER

ON

EAGLE VISION

Eagle Vision is a family of developmental programs and test deployments all inter-relatedto provide commercial satellite imagery support to the warfighter. All improvements areincorporated in each existing and future production system.

Eagle Vision consists of:

EAGLE VISION

* Eagle Vision is the world's 1'* lightweight deployable commercial imagery downlinkground station.

* Eagle Vision is the second of three OSD Foreign Comparative Tests (FCTs) ofcommercial imagery to support the warfighter.

* 90-92 $4.6M

* 94-95 $8.7M

* 96-97 $6.0M

Test of SPOT Imagery

Eagle Vision Deployable downlink for Spot Imagery

Renaissance View: Upgrade of Eagle Vision to acceptRADARSAT and LANDSAT

EAGLE VISION UPGRADE

* Original Eagle Vision consisted of a (two C-130) deployable satellite antenna, a satelliteinterface van, and a processing van.

* In 1996, The processing van was replaced with new computers and software intransportable cases. This upgrade made Eagle Vision a (one C-130) deployable system.

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SYSTEMS UPGRADES/TESTS DEPLOYMENTS

EagleVision I Eagle Vision I Upgrade Joint Eagle

Eagle Vision II Renaissance View Pacific Eagle

National Eagle

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RENAISSANCE VIEW UPGRADE

* Upgrade of Eagle Vision I to process Canadian RADARSAT imagery

NATIONAL EAGLE

* National Eagle is a 1997, S1.5M National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) MERITprogram to upgrade the old Eagle Vision I processing van with new computers andsoftware which combines national, commercial, and UAV imagery together and loadsthem directly into the PowerScene and AFMSS Mission Planning Systems. This systemis based at Nellis AFB, NV. The "RED FLAG" system is manned and operated by aUSAF TOTAL FORCE Team comprised of an Air Force Reserve IMA team, the 152ndAirlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard, and Active Duty members from Nellis AFB.National Eagle also deploys as needed:

* Apr 97

* Aug 97

* Oct 97

* Nov 97

* Mar 98

* May 98

* Jun 98

* Jul 98

* Jul 98

* Sep 98

* Oct 98

Roving Sands, MacDill AFB, FL

Warrior Flag, Hurlburt Field, FL

Live Fire Demo, Eglin AFB, FL

Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV

Fallon NAS, NV

Elmendorf AFB, AK (with Eagle Vision I)

152d AW Nevada Air National Guard (Reno)

Eielson AFB, AK

Fallon NAS, NV

EFX, Eglin AFB, FL

Nellis AFB, NV

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EAGLE VISION II

The NRO is on contract to buy Eagle Vision II, incorporating SPOT,LANDSAT, RADARSAT, and is planning to incorporate the new US high-resolution satellites. This system will be deployed to the US Army at Ft Belvoir,VA in June 1999.

PACIFIC EAGLE (Eagle Vision deployment to PACOM)

* Yokota AB, Japan 26 Mar - 24 Apr 98

* ElmendorfAFB, AK 26 Apr- 6 May 98

* Andrews AFB, MD 14-22 May 98

Other Eagle Vision deployments

* JAC Molesworth, United Kingdom Apr 99

* Incirlik AB Turkey Jul 99

J1NT EAGLE (DEPLOYMENT)

* In Spring 1999, Eagle Vision will deploy to RAF Molesworth, UK as part of the JointEagle program. This test will combine national commercial imagery and UAV datainto all EUCOM mission planning systems: AFMSS, POWERSCENE, TAMPS,TOPSCENE, and SOFPARS

EAGLE VISION'S GOALS:

* Give each Warfighting CINC his own theater deployable commercial imagerydownlink.

* Expand Eagle Vision to downlink every US and foreign commercial imagerysatellite. There will be 43 commercial imagery satellites by the year 2008.

* Give the Warfighting CINC the ability to process and fuse (in-theater) National,Commercial, Tactical, and UAV imagery into a usable DoD/NIMA standardADRI and CIB format for their C4I and mission planning and rehearsalsystems.

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EAGLE VISION'S ACQUISITION

* Eagle Vision I support is in PE 27431

* Additional systems have been requested in the FY00 POM. Acquisition Plan:

* Eagle Vision I USAFE (Ramstein AB, GE)

* Eagle Vision II

* Eagle Vision m

US Army Topographics Center

National Eagle Upgrade

(Ft Belvoir, VA)

(Nellis AFB. NV)

* Eagle Vision IV PACAF/PACOM

* Eagle Vision V

* Eagle Vision VI

ACC (480Th)

National Guard

(Langley AFB, VA)

(McEntire ANGB, SC)

Eagle Vision Web Site: http://www.mitre.org/technology/eaglevjsion/

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