Space and Airborne Systems
Jon Jones, President

Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), with 2006 sales of $4.3 billion, is a world leader in space and aviation sensing technology for radar and electro-optical infrared systems and a major provider of integrated solutions for domestic and international customers.

SAS offers unmatched situational awareness to aviators, integrating the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, the digital radar warning receiver, and the Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) pod.

Strength as a systems integrator positions SAS to lead an international team that recently delivered the first units of the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) program to the United Kingdom. The terrain-following and avoidance radars SAS provides for special operations aircraft further showcase the business as a customerfocused mission systems integrator and innovator.

A world leader in advanced electro-optical and infrared space sensors, SAS provides unparalleled actionable intelligence to Department of Defense, national and civil customers. Integrated with surveillance radar capabilities, SAS’ sensor suite makes the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft one of the world’s most effective providers of reliable, time-critical data to our nation’s warfighters.

Photo: (left) Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar on F-15C, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Brian Wolff.
Photo: (right) SAS employees in the antenna test facility, El Segundo, Calif.