As the military emerges from the counter-terrorism era and pivots toward a focus on near-peer conflicts, new needs are coming to the fore around aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
A newly configured plane -- which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 -- is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020.
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
AUSA: One of the most important lessons the US Army learned when Russia invade Ukraine was that signals intelligence can be very effectively used to target an enemy. Leidos is developing an aircraft on its own dime to make that widely possible for US and NATO forces, using its extensive experience in the classified world […]