Radar Pod News Today

Contractor for temporary use by the federal government. for people just joining us, were coming up on 4:00 p.m. eastern time. this is something aggressive marketed by raytheon, the aerospace contractor, toward people who are decision-makers in the homeland security business as a way to keep your airspace safe. this has a broad reach, radar pod, several of them aloft. you can keep it at 10,000 feet over a population center, and it can detect, or so it is marketed, it can detect incoming, terrain-...

The front section is kind of aiming to the upper right of the picture. then theres the radar pod, more or less at midship, and then the tail section, and what may be the blessing here, what was first reported by jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, the leak or deflation, we dont know how, in the tail section of this airship, may be the blessing that brought it down, slowed it down. but jim miklaszewski, the problem is this tether. anything strong enough to keep this thing aloft at 10,000 feet, is g...

Be able to pick up people. lea gabriel has more. whats the point here? >> you know i flew f-18s and one way we attacked targets is fly really low going into an area, basically below the radar to avoid being ticketed. thats not ideal for an airplane but thats the way long-range cruise missiles work and thats what the system is designed to address. theres a radar pod built into the underbelly, allowing it to see over obstructions such as mountains. people who make i say it gives our defense system...