![L3Harris ARES jet](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2022-10/athena_l3harris_promo.jpg?itok=rwqr_Z3M)
The L3Harris-owned ARES jet is flying ISR missions in the Pacific theater from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan.
Credit: L3Harris
When the U.S. Army’s intelligence branch deployed a newly modified, contractor-owned surveillance jet to Japan in July 2020, problems were expected. It was the Army’s first foray into high-altitude spying, representing the biggest leap in the service’s fixed-wing intelligence-gathering fleet in...
U.S. Army ‘Learns Quick’ With Contractor-owned ISR Jets is available to both Aviation Week & Space Technology and AWIN subscribers.
Subscribe now to read this content, plus receive critical analysis into emerging trends, technological advancements, operational best practices and continuous updates to policy, requirements and budgets.
Already a subscriber to AW&ST or AWIN? Log in with your existing email and password.