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<strong>NBC</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> Annual Report<br />

A-20<br />

<strong>NBC</strong> RECONNAISSANCE<br />

Joint Service <strong>NBC</strong> Reconnaissance System (JS<strong>NBC</strong>RS)<br />

The Joint Service <strong>NBC</strong> Reconnaissance program is a coordinated Army and<br />

Marine Corps effort which will yield improved reconnaissance capabilities for<br />

both heavy and lightweight vehicle platforms. It will satisfy requirements for:<br />

M93A1 <strong>NBC</strong> Reconnaissance System (<strong>NBC</strong>RS) Production<br />

M93A1 P3I Block II<br />

Light <strong>NBC</strong> Reconnaissance System (L<strong>NBC</strong>RS)<br />

Lightweight Reconnaissance System (LWRS)<br />

Rationale:<br />

• Joint Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps Requirement<br />

Key Requirements:<br />

• Armored vehicle with over-pressure collective protection and macro cooling<br />

• <strong>Chemical</strong> agent stand-<strong>of</strong>f and point detectors and monitors<br />

• Radiation detector and monitor<br />

• Integrate central data processor with all detectors and monitors; navigation and<br />

communications system; jam resistant communications system; and meteorological<br />

sensing system<br />

• Integration <strong>of</strong> advanced <strong>NBC</strong> detection and analysis equipment suited for Marine Air-<br />

Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations (L<strong>NBC</strong>RS)<br />

• Standard Marine Corps host vehicle, transportable by C-130, CH-53E, and LCAV-30<br />

(L<strong>NBC</strong>RS)<br />

Description:<br />

The L<strong>NBC</strong>RS (shown) will provide a premiere<br />

vehicle for accurate, rapid <strong>NBC</strong> combat<br />

hazard information by verifying the<br />

absence <strong>of</strong>, finding, mapping, and marking<br />

radiological, biological, and chemical hazards.<br />

The L<strong>NBC</strong>RS will be an integration<br />

<strong>of</strong> advanced <strong>NBC</strong> detection and analysis<br />

equipment suited for Marine Air-Ground<br />

Team Force expeditionary operations and<br />

Army rapid deployment/light operations.

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