ARGUS/AADS
See first, discriminate immediately, act swiftly, and finish decisively

Integrating better, faster real-time surveillance data
The use of seismic and acoustic Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) can significantly enhance warfighter capabilities by improving their ability to recognize enemy activities. The Advanced Remote Ground Unattended Sensor (ARGUS) / Advanced Air Delivered Sensor (AADS) — a joint impact program for the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps — is designed to shorten the kill chain to defeat time-critical targets. Textron Systems' ARGUS/AADS provides an unattended ground deep-look surveillance capability that can be integrated into the overall BMC2 (Battle Management Command and Control) architecture.

ARGUS/AADS

Winning on the Ground
Use of air-delivered ARGUS/AADS enhances the warfighter's ability to detect and react to time-sensitive targets. ARGUS/AADS provides an unattended "on the ground" sensing that can detect, identify and report on mobile vehicle or enemy activity within vulnerable or hostile areas, in Near-Real-Time (NRT). Its ability to cross-cue other Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets while activity occurs, allows theater commanders to recognize the threat and direct forces to intervene.

ARGUS/AADS sensors provide real-time critical data to the warfighter. Only ARGUS/AADS provides information from its ground station first, and then provides true situational awareness to centralized command agencies in support of effects-based operations.

System Description
The new ARGUS is sponsored by the USAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Program Office, Hanscom AFB and USMC (PMIS, Quantico, Virginia); AADS is sponsored by the USMC. Textron Systems has been awarded a contract by the USAF and USMC to develop and demonstrate the ARGUS/AADS system. Along with our teaming partners, Textron Systems will bring next-generation sensor and surveillance systems to the ARGUS/AADS program. Northrup Grumman is the key integrator for C2ISR.

The ARGUS/AADS system consists of an air-deployed or hand-emplaced unit equipped with a sensor suite, software applications to manage the sensors, sensor signal processor, two-way satellite communications transceiver, storage device, Global Positioning System (GPS) and battery power supply. SATCOM will provide communications between the deployed sensor and the common workstation established to receive and process data. The system: