{"id":34402,"date":"2023-08-22T15:34:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/22\/mag-l3harris-to-supply-army-with-athena-equipped-spy-planes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:31:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:31:59","slug":"mag-l3harris-to-supply-army-with-athena-equipped-spy-planes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2023\/08\/22\/mag-l3harris-to-supply-army-with-athena-equipped-spy-planes\/","title":{"rendered":"MAG, L3Harris to supply Army with ATHENA-equipped spy planes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army tapped a pair of companies to deliver jets kitted with spying technologies in advancement of its long-range targeting plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAG Aerospace and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/10\/03\/l3harris-to-buy-viasats-link-16-portfolio-expand-jadc2-offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\"> L3Harris Technologies<\/a> on Aug. 22 said they would together outfit Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft with a bloc of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors for the service\u2019s Theater Level High Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne ISR-Radar venture, or ATHENA-R.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The companies did not disclose the value of the contract, which was awarded by the Program Executive Office for Aviation. An inquiry made to the companies was not immediately answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is in the midst of an aerial reconnaissance overhaul, moving away from Cold War-era planes and their limitations and toward a future aimed at insights gleaned from deeper distances and higher altitudes. The ATHENA \u2014 of which there are planned variants, \u201cR\u201d and \u201cS,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/industry\/2023\/07\/26\/l3harris-leidos-collaborate-on-us-armys-athena-reconnaissance-jet\/\" target=\"_blank\">for signals intelligence<\/a> \u2014 is part of the lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCurrent geopolitical circumstances dictate a need for an adaptable and resolute ISR solution that can adequately address near-peer threats and future contested environments, and we are prepared to execute,\u201d MAG Aerospace CEO Joseph Reale said in a statement. \u201cThis award is validation of the relentless work our employees execute everyday alongside our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2023\/03\/17\/what-is-deep-sensing-and-why-is-the-us-army-so-focused-on-it\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50533909503_5067a59b92_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What is \u2018deep sensing\u2019 and why is the US Army so focused on it?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cIf we\u2019re going to do long-range precision fires,&quot; Army Gen. James McConville said, &quot;you need to do long range-precision targeting.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAG Aerospace and L3Harris announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms\/2022\/11\/22\/us-uk-partner-on-command-and-control-as-project-convergence-wraps\/\" target=\"_blank\">their partnership<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris is the ninth largest contractor in the world when ranked by defense revenue, according to Defense News \u201cTop 100\u2033 analysis. The company is also involved in the Army\u2019s Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System, or ARES, effort in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is expanding its ISR arsenal as the Pentagon prepares for potential conflict with Russia and China. It is paying special attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/electronic-warfare\/2023\/08\/21\/four-questions-for-ed-barker-armys-new-electronic-warfare-executive\/\" target=\"_blank\">what\u2019s known as deep sensing<\/a>: the capacity to find, monitor, target and kill from farther away and with finer precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a great track record of working with the Army,\u201d Jon Rambeau, the L3Harris president for integrated mission systems, said in a statement. \u201cOur team understands the urgency of fielding these long-range, deep-sensing capabilities to support the Army\u2019s mission needs and is positioned to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army is expanding its ISR arsenal as the Pentagon readies for potential conflict with Russia and 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