What Happened
Experimentation Contracts To Launch For Hades Spy Plane Program
The US Army plans to award contracts in the coming months for ultra long-range launched effects that will outfit spy planes like the future High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES). The initial set of awards will be short-term experimentation contracts, with longer-term contracts expected to follow next year. The Army is taking a teams-of-teams approach, with multiple vendors working together to accelerate innovation and timelines. According to Andrew Evans, director for the new Strategy & Transformation Office, this approach allows for both large prime vendors and smaller non-traditional vendors to become involved. The Army’s goal is to start launching the effects from the sky within a year, with the nation’s security depending on their ability to get it right. This development was first reported by Breaking Defense.