U.S. Army’s Broad ISR Plans Come Into Focus

Brian Everstine May 01, 2024
fighter aircraft concept art

L3Harris and MAG Aerospace are producing two prototypes for the Army’s future ISR fleet and joining with Leidos to compete for a program of record.

Credit: L3Harris concept
An Anduril Altius small uncrewed aircraft system, launched from a ground vehicle, autonomously tracks an enemy target in the Arizona desert and sends that data to a small, high-attitude balloon floating over 60,000 ft. in the air several hundred miles away. The balloon’s payload relays that...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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