Article: Services' interest in Navy missile tracking system grows.(Air Force, Marine Corps, and Army plan cruise missile tracking system)

The Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps are seriously considering a key Navy missile tracking system to help protect their forces from cruise missile attack, according to Navy officials.

Through the use of sensors, the Navy's Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) provides a common picture of the battlespace for airborne, ship, and land-based platforms. Once incoming missiles or other airborne threats are detected, the targeting information can then be passed to the platform chosen to defeat it.

Because every member of the integrated sensor network has access to each other's tracking data, a larger area can be covered with CEC than by conventional means.

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