TASS enhances the warfighter’s capability for early detection and identification of threats, preventing damage to, or destruction of, mission-critical assets. TASS is an integrated electronic security system that can be tailored for a wide variety of semi-permanent, portable, and covert applications. It is rapidly deployable, easily transportable, and quickly relocatable. An integral part of the Integrated Base Defense Security System, TASS detects intrusions into protected areas and directs responding forces to the intruders. Further, it assesses the strength and composition of the intruding force and facilitates the collection of critical intelligence information. TASS is currently in use by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Marine Corps and secures bases and installations worldwide. The upgrade facilitates use of a self-forming, self-healing ad-hoc tactical sensor network. This feature eliminates the time and effort needed for manual configuration, enabling warfighters to respond more quickly to emerging, critical operational security requirements. A JTRS-based software communications architecture compliant communications module will provide greater range of radio frequency bands than the previous system components in a standard architecture. Additionally, the waveform in the new design will provide a higher data rate to forward more data from the sensors and will facilitate the next generation of sensors. The design work under this contract will take place at Thales’ Clarksburg, Maryland, facilities.
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December 31st, -0001
Thales To Upgrade TASS
TASS enhances the warfighter’s capability for early detection and identification of threats, preventing damage to, or destruction of, mission-critical assets. TASS is an integrated electronic security system that can be tailored for a wide variety of semi-permanent, portable, and covert applications. It is rapidly deployable, easily transportable, and quickly relocatable. An integral part of the Integrated Base Defense Security System, TASS detects intrusions into protected areas and directs responding forces to the intruders. Further, it assesses the strength and composition of the intruding force and facilitates the collection of critical intelligence information. TASS is currently in use by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Marine Corps and secures bases and installations worldwide. The upgrade facilitates use of a self-forming, self-healing ad-hoc tactical sensor network. This feature eliminates the time and effort needed for manual configuration, enabling warfighters to respond more quickly to emerging, critical operational security requirements. A JTRS-based software communications architecture compliant communications module will provide greater range of radio frequency bands than the previous system components in a standard architecture. Additionally, the waveform in the new design will provide a higher data rate to forward more data from the sensors and will facilitate the next generation of sensors. The design work under this contract will take place at Thales’ Clarksburg, Maryland, facilities.