Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS)
AN/GSR-9 (V) 1 (T-UGS)
AN/GSR-10 (V) 1 (U-UGS)
AN/GSR 9-10 Tactical and Urban Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) provide greater Situational Awareness and early standoff warning capabilities to the Warfighter. The Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) are divided into two major subgroups of sensing systems: AN/GSR-9 Tactical UGS (T-UGS), which includes sensors for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Chemical, Biological (RN); and AN/GSR-10 Urban-UGS (U-UGS), also known as Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Advanced Sensor System (UMASS).
The UGS are used to perform mission tasks such as perimeter defense, surveillance, target acquisition and Situational Awareness (SA), including radiological, nuclear and early warning. An UGS field includes multi-mode sensors for target detection, location and classification, and an imaging capability for target identification. The sensor includes a gateway node to provide sensor fusion and a long-haul interoperable communications capability for transmitting target or SA information to a remote operator, or the Common Operating Picture (COP) through the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) network.
The U-UGS provide a network-enabled reporting system for Situational Awareness and force protection in urban settings. U-UGS also enable residual protection for cleared areas of Urban Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) environments. They are hand-employed by Soldiers or robotic vehicles either inside or outside buildings and structures.
U-UGS support Brigade Combat Team (BCT) operations by monitoring urban choke points such as corridors and stairwells, as well as sewers, culverts and tunnels. U-UGS gateways provide the urban SA data interfaced to JTRS networks. Soldiers involved in the recent testing of the UGS provided invaluable feedback which was incorporated into new versions (form factors) that are now in testing.
