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e), high-power microwave/millimeter technologies and applications, space applications, and counterterrorism solutions. NCS This segment utilzies the capabilities of the network through communications, sensors, and command and control systems, to develop and produce customer solutions for land combat modernization, international and domestic Air Traffic Management (ATM) and other transportation systems, military and civil communications, and homeland security. NCS primary customers include the DoD, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and other U.S. government customers, as well as various international customers. In 2012, following its continuing success in providing next-generation Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) protected satellite communications (SATCOM) systems to the U.S. Navy, NCS was selected by the U.S. Air Force as the alternative developer of the Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals. The company owns the Government Solutions business of SafeNet, Inc., a privately-held company, increasing the company's ability to provide encryption capabilities needed by government and industry customers to protect classified data. Product Lines NCS has the following principal product lines: Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) C4I develops, delivers, and supports complex integrated, networked, actionable combat command and control solutions for air and land combatant commanders, domestic and international ATM, border, and critical infrastructure protection. C4I includes Thales-Raytheon Systems, LLC, which is the U.S. operating subsidiary of the Thales-Raytheon joint venture. C4I is a major provider of ATM solutions internationally through its AutoTrac III product line and surveillance radars, as well as its Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System to the DoD and the FAA. Other solutions include the Sentinel air defense and Firefinder weapon locating radar systems used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps and approximately 20 allied nations; the Battle Control System, an air command and control system used by the U.S. Air Force and Canada; and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Air Command and Control System. Combat and Sensing Systems (CSS) CSS provides integrated ground-based surveillance and target engagement solutions designed to provide an advantage to warfighters. CSS delivers advanced combat sensor solutions to the U.S. ground and allied international forces. CSS provides the U.S. Army with the enhanced Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System, a third-generation, multi-sensor system, which provides the ability to detect, identify, and geo-locate distant targets, and networked to enable multi-sensor improved accuracy and the Multi-Function Radio Frequency System, a close-combat tactical radar that provides Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar Sense and Warn capabilities. CSS is also the single provider of medium and heavy Thermal Weapon Sights to the U.S. Army. Integrated Communications Systems (ICS) ICS offers wireless, high-bandwidth and secure communication solutions providing mission assurance to customers with satellite, point-to-point, and networked communications services that are effective on land, sea, undersea, air, and space. ICS serves DoD agencies and various international governments. Solutions include MAINGATE, an interoperable battlefield communications platform that provides a broadband gateway between separate radio systems and the NMT, a single satellite terminal for the U.S. Navy's SATCOM needs and designed for various U.S. Navy ship and shore installations. Advanced Programs (AP) AP provides a range of imaging capabilities, including X-ray, visible, infrared, and millimeter wave focal plane and scanning arrays for weapons, thermal imaging, earth remote sensing, and astronomy applications. AP also includes the company’s advanced networking and cybersecurity technologies and capabilities and products, including Boomerang sniper detection system, a soldier worn sniper alert system, and TransTalk, a smartphone application that automatically translates speech into another language. AP is the Defense Adva