Protest Clouds U.S. Army’s Plans For High-Altitude Spy Fleet

Steve Trimble Brian Everstine October 24, 2024
Bombardier Global 6500

SNC must overcome a legal challenge to move forward on a two-month-old HADES contract award worth nearly $1 billion over 12 years. 

Credit: U.S. Army
An ongoing legal challenge creates new uncertainty about the future of the U.S. Army’s first high-altitude, intelligence-gathering fleet, even as the service elaborates on plans for further transforming its airborne capabilities. The High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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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