Army eyes more HADES jets, but program isn’t ‘full steam ahead’
An Army spokesperson told Breaking Defense that the current plan is for the service to acquire six production aircraft and three prototypes for the HADES program.
SNC buys first non-prototype Bombardier jet for Army HADES program
SNC said the first prototype is scheduled to be delivered some time this year.
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PEO Aviation has ‘doubled down’ on priorities amid ATI, looming acquisition shakeup
“What has changed is that we’ve doubled down on the Army’s priorities, and I believe our Army senior leaders and Congress are helping us remove some of the barriers to acceleration," PEO Aviation Brig. Gen. David Phillips told Breaking Defense.
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SNC receives second Bombardier jet for Army’s HADES program
“Using government-furnished Bombardier Global 6500 jets, the HADES prototypes will be the first Army-owned, large-cabin business jets utilized as aerial ISR platforms,” SNC said in a press release today.
Army bids adieu to ISR Task Force, stands up Strategy and Transformation Directorate
“This institutionalizes this role of transformation that we've been doing in the ISR Task Force, makes it more permanent, and also combines it with the important role of strategy and strategy formulation for the Army Intel Corps,” said Director for the Strategy & Transformation Office Andrew Evans.
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Army may halve planned HADES buy from 12 to 6 new spy planes
"This is very early in the process. My guidance, to my staff, is nobody really overreact to this global transformation. We must transform," said ISR Task Force Director Andrew Evans.
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Government watchdog greenlights Army’s new spy plane contract, denies L3Harris’s protest
The Government Accountability Office issued its decision on December 23, noting that the protest is covered by a "protective order," and a report on the rationale behind the denial will be publicly released once it's redacted.
Army ISR Task Force to get more permanent home, likely new name, under military intel shop
“What is enduring is this idea of transformation, you never finish transforming,” task force chief Andrew Evans told Breaking Defense. “Once you finish the thing, you move on to the next thing that you need to transform.”
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Army eyes late fall for HADES spy plane work as it waits out protest window
Andrew Evans, the director of the Army’s ISR Task Force, gave Breaking Defense new details about the Army's plan for the HADES future surveillance aircraft after a coveted contract award.
SNC wins Army contract for HADES spy plane
An Army official previously told Breaking Defense that a baseline HADES configuration will include moving target indication, high-end signals intelligence and other capabilities.
HADES heating up: Integration contracts for Army’s new spy plane coming by year’s end
Andrew Evans, director of the Army ISR Task Force, told Breaking Defense the initial packages include “a Moving Target Indication capability, we'll have high end signal intelligence capability, and we'll have a number of other capabilities that come with HADES as a baseline configuration.”