JLENS-aided Patriot hits cruise missile DALLAS, April 30 (UPI) -- A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile equipped with JLENS successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile at a Utah test range. Lockheed Martin called the recent kill an "unprecedented" display of interoperability using the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor. "The PAC-3 missile continues to be successful against today's modern threats and is ready for tomorrow's modern plug-and-fight air and missile defense architectures," said Richard McDaniel, vice president of PAC-3 programs at Lockheed Martin's Missiles and Fire Control business. This effort moves us closer toward achieving the U.S. Army's vision of a truly integrated Air and Missile Defense System. JLENS is an elevated system that provides over-the-horizon detection and tracking of cruise missiles. Additional information about the demonstration at the Utah Test and Training Range wasn't given. Lockheed noted it achieved the first kinetic anti-missile missile kill in 1984 to destroy a mock warhead outside of the Earth's atmosphere. Additional research and development led to the Patriot system.