DWDD: TURN-OVER CEREMONY | Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS)

From DWDD AFP Civil Relations Service Radio Website (Aug 22): TURN-OVER CEREMONY  |  Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS)

 

NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND (NETC), San Antonio, Zambales (DWDD) – The Philippine Navy (PN) will receive the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), a self-sustained, unmanned Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) systems donated by the United States government, today, August 22, 2017, Tuesday at 1 o’clock in the afternoon at the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) in San Antonio, Zambales

The formal turn-over ceremony will be led by US Deputy Embassy Chief of Mission to the Philippines Michael Klescheski and Philippine Navy Flag Officer In Command, Vice Adm. Joseph Ronald S Mercado.

It is expected to enhance the PN’s capability in Maritime Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance by effectively detecting maritime and air traffic within the country’s coastal waters using sensors. Moreover, it will also be utilized in the conduct of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) operations.

The TARS also includes a weather station that provides telemetry data to the ground station for the monitoring of ambient temperature, pressure, wind speed and other pertinent parameters in the operation of the system. NPAO / MCAG

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