The website for Lincoln Labs also says this
A major part of our Surface Surveillance Program involves using advanced signal processing and adaptive-array techniques for locating communications emitters in high-interference environments. We’re also investigating how advanced processing techniques can maintain surveillance radar performance in hostile electronic environments. A second major emphasis is on Tactical Air Defense which includes a broad range of activities in the detection, location, identification, and engagement of air vehicles. We combine the modeling results of phenomenological investigations and testing insights from air vehicle measurements into system performance predictions. Our suite of state-of-the-art instrumentation sensors includes two business-sized jet aircraft with instrumented radar and infrared sensors and electronic countermeasure systems.
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The Lincoln Labs report for 2001-2002 is finally on the web at
Annual Report 2002 from MIT
included in here is this
Airborne Seeker Test Bed
The Airborne Seeker Test Bed, in a Gulfstream II aircraft, has participated this year in two major test campaigns and infrastructure upgrades. One of the test campaigns was conducted in Nevada to evaluate the effectiveness of electronic countermeasures against a modern surface-to-air missile system and to measure bistatic radar cross sections. The second test utilized the seeker test bed's IR focal-plane arrays and IR seekers to test flare countermeasures.
Document FAA-2001-8870-5
Docket Information
Category
Petitions Docket Status
Pending
Subcat.
General Operating and Flight Rules Old Docket Num.
Docket Subject
Petition for Exemption
Docket Title
Exemption/Rulemaking - Masschusetts Institute of Technology
Data Entry Date
02/05/2001 RIN #
Action Office
AFS Action Sought
Docket Parties
Stat. Deadline
Comment Close
Last Update
03/13/2002 Close Date
Statutory Citation
Submissions
7
Statutory Judicial Requirement
CFR Citation
Docket Attributes
ALJ Hearing
Archived Docket Abstract
Document Information
Document Type
Petition(s) Data Entry Date
05/15/2003
Document Title
MIT/Lincoln Laboratory - Exemption/Rulemaking Next Due Date
Document Date
05/15/2003 Filing Date
05/15/2003 Answer Date
Reply Date
Next Due Item
Federal Reg. Citation
F. R. Pub. Date
Submitter
MIT/Lincoln Laboratory
John G. Benkert
5C-212
244 Wood Street
Lexingto
and the last leg to Groom for N105TB
Aircraft ID N105TB
Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159
Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL
5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624
BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
Serial Number 31
Year Manufactured 1968
Certificate Issued 05/10/1993
Flight Plan Received 2004-01-30 21:35:15 from Denver
Departure PUB PUEBLO MEMORIAL, PUEBLO CO
Destination DRA DESERT ROCK, MERCURY NV
Status Planned
Planned Alt 31000 Feet
Planned Speed 430 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-01-30 22:00
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-01-30 23:30
Route PUB..DVC.J146.LAS..DRA/0130
Here's todays arrivals and departures at 'TNX'
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UTC time: 20:31 on Fri, 30th Jan(Note: ALL Times are UTC/GMT)
Planned Arrivals
Flight# Type Dep ETD Arr ETA Alt Speed Time to ETA
WWW276 B73Q LAS 21:15 TNX 21:50 260 0420 01:22
WWW265 B73Q LAS 22:00 TNX 22:35 260 0420 02:07
WWW254 B73Q LAS 22:45 TNX 23:10 140 0420 02:42
WWW235 B73Q LAS 23:30 TNX 00:05 260 0420 03:37
WWW243 B73Q LAS 23:40 TNX 00:05 140 0420 03:37
WWW202 B73Q LAS 23:45 TNX 00:10 140 0420 03:42
WWW221 B73Q LAS 01:00 TNX 01:35 260 0420 05:07
WWW210 B73Q LAS 02:45 TNX 03:10 140 0420 06:42
Planned Departures
Flight# Type Dep ETD Arr ETA Alt Speed Time to ETD
WWW288 B73Q TNX 21:00 LAS 21:24 150 0420 00:32
WWW278 B73Q TNX 22:00 LAS 22:24 150 0420 01:32
WWW234 B73Q TNX 22:30 LAS 23:06 250 0420 02:02
WWW276 B73Q TNX 22:40 LAS 23:16 250 0420 02:12
WWW291 B73Q TNX 23:00 LAS 23:24 150 0420 02:32
WWW265 B73Q TNX 00:00 LAS 00:
And a typical flight plan including FIDOE
Details for Flight : WWW254
Flight Number WWW254
Owner / Operator U S E A G E - B L O C K E D
Aircraft Type B73Q
Manufacturer / Model
Serial Number
Model Year / Cert Date
Flight Plan Received 01-30-2004 11:56
Status FLIGHT PLAN
Departure LAS MC CARRAN INTL, NV
Planned Alt 140
Planned Speed 0420
Planned Dep 01-30-2004 22:45
Actual Dep
Arrival TNX TONOPAH TEST RANGE, NV
Last Visited 01-29-2004 23:02
Planned Arrival 01-30-2004 23:10
Estimated Arrival
Actual Arrival
Last Position
Speed
Altitude
Last Update
Route LAS..FIDOE..LAS294052..BTY060030..TNX/0025
Last 5 flights for this aircraft:
(Click here for full history)
Departure Time Arrival Time
TNX 01-30-2004 00:15 LAS 01-30-2004 00:32
LAS 01-29-2004 22:50 TNX 01-29-2004 23:02
TNX 01-28-2004 00:54 LAS 01-28-2004 01:13
LAS 0
It seems to be still aiming west for Groom although I didn't get a departure message this time; however i've found it
[ian@otterbourne.com logged in]
Details for Flight : BLOCKED
Flight Number BLOCKED
Owner / Operator
Aircraft Type GLF2
Manufacturer / Model
Serial Number
Model Year / Cert Date
Flight Plan Received 01-30-2004 16:00
Status IN FLIGHT
Departure GRB AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTERNATIONAL, WI
Planned Alt 310
Planned Speed 0430
Planned Dep 01-30-2004 20:00
Actual Dep 01-30-2004 19:25
Arrival PUB PUEBLO MEMORIAL, CO
Last Visited
Planned Arrival 01-30-2004 22:45
Estimated Arrival 01-30-2004 22:10
Actual Arrival
Last Position 4258N 09305W
Speed 417
Altitude 310
Last Update 01-30-2004 20:00
Route GRB..FOD..LNK..GLD..PUB/0245
curious...it's now going to Green Bay
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Aircraft ID N105TB
Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159
Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL
5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624
BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
Serial Number 31
Year Manufactured 1968
Certificate Issued 05/10/1993
Flight Plan Received 2004-01-30 15:51:38 from Boston
Departure BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Destination GRB AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTERNATIONAL, GREEN BAY WI
Status Planned
Planned Alt 31000 Feet
Planned Speed 430 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-01-30 16:30
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-01-30 19:30
Route BED..MHT..SYR..YWT..GRB/0300
Our prey is off to Groom Lake for the weekend...unusual
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Aircraft ID N105TB
Aircraft Type GRUMMAN G-1159
Owner/Operator AIR FORCE MATERIAL COMMAND ESC/DIKL
5 EGLIN ST BLDG 1624
BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS
Serial Number 31
Year Manufactured 1968
Certificate Issued 05/10/1993
Flight Plan Received 2004-01-30 11:36:12 from Boston
Departure BED LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD, BEDFORD MA
Destination SPI CAPITAL, SPRINGFIELD IL
Status Planned
Planned Alt 31000 Feet
Planned Speed 430 kts.
Planned Dep 2004-01-30 12:30
Actual Dep
Planned Arrival 2004-01-30 15:30
Route BED..GLYDE..BAF..HNK..ETG..ROD..DNV..CAP..SPI/0300
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Message: 19
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 03:54:14 -0000
From: "gariac450"
Subject: A few Janet recordings near the TTR
N27RA
Janets on Nellis freq
Two things to
note in this recording. One, a flight direct to "FIDOE" was refused
due a UAV in the area. The other interesting thing is a warning
of "simulcast"ing. Not sure what that means unless it refers to
simultaneous UHF and VHF
In order to see N105TB on the radar inbound to Groom on 12-Jan-2004 and outbound 23-Jan-2004 look at
Las vegas radar
inbound set up 12-Jan02994 at 1301
ZQX1416 is the pseudonym for N105TB PUB-DRA G2 it's at FL240 just N of LAS
Originally flight planned PUB-LAS it turns up on this Las vegas noise monitoring site as destination DRA (Desert Rock). AS you can see, it disappears from the screen northwest of Indian Springs at FL150 at 1308L. You need to have the range set to 95 miles to see it all the way.
then set up 23-Jan-2004 at 1145
ZQX1427 TNX-SPI G2 is N105TB just N of LAS at FL370
it originally filed a flight plan TKM to SPI
A trip to Tikaboo Peak on Monday 7-Apr-2003
Our previous visit was in late April 2001 and on that occasion Tikaboo Peak had some snow which made the climb a little tricky in places. On that occasion we arrived at Tikaboo base camp at around 0630 and there was some noise from what my colleague thought to be a MiG-29 overhead. The video footage on that occasion was inconclusive and by the time we reached the summit, it had landed.
This year we weren't too hopeful of seeing anything as it was earlier in April, there was a war on and we didn't leave Vegas until 0530 which meant that we could be amused/worried by Howard Stern on the radio all the way up to the turning off Highway 93. The easiest route into Tikaboo from civilisation is from a turning just to the north of the entrance to the Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge. It's a dirt track across Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land which is public land and the equivalent (I guess) of National Trust land here in the UK.
This year's trip to Tikaboo Peak the 7900ft mountain in Nevada from where one can see Groom Lake AFB in clarity - albeit at range 26nm - was most entertaining.
Initially we thought that we had stumbled across a 'families day' as there was constant action for 4 hours featuring a Su-27 and MiG-29.
Both Russians had a F-16 as a playmate and the MiG-29 was flying in formation with a Gulfstream II.
The Gulf II N105TB is part of the Airborne Seeker Test Bed (ASTB) program - 5TB being a stylised STB - and based at Bedford-Hanscom Field with DoD/MIT Lincoln Labs. Lincoln Labs allegedly have a hangar for this G2 at the northern end of Groom Lake; this seems to be likely as during April it seemed to spend the week at Groom while returning home to BED for weekends, holidays, birthdays etc.
N105TB spent much of April 2003 in Nevada it seems. On returning to/from BED at weekends it stops at SPI (Springfield, IL) much of the time although PUB (Pueblo, CO) has also been o