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Integrated Air Surveillance Concept of Operations
9 Conclusion
Impacts on the near term national suite of sensors resulting from this IS ConOps will be limited
by programs already in the acquisition pipeline and already planned increases in surveillance
sensor networking. Nevertheless, they are still noteworthy. Decisions on sensor infrastructure
should consider strengthening and widening the border coverage and expansion from the border
looking inward and outward. Ultimately this expansion will increase coverage inside the United
States and along its borders.
Integration of data from all available sensors, whether owned by FAA, DHS, DoD, or other
agencies, will provide Air Domain surveillance partners with the most complete possible
position and movement information inside the national airspace and its approaches. The benefits
of having such an enhanced view of the airspace will include a greater chance of successful
interdictions, when such responses are necessary and a lower likelihood of unintended impacts,
as security and defense partners are able to detect, identify, and assess threats with a higher
degree of precision and confidence.
Finally, the benefits of increasing of interagency surveillance information-sharing capabilities
will allow the Federal government to be better informed as it makes decisions regarding which
surveillance sensors to develop and deploy and where they need to be positioned. This approach
should lower development and acquisition costs as well as result in a more effective and
efficient, integrated sensor network.
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