{"id":49311,"date":"2022-09-14T15:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/14\/l3harris-raytheon-chosen-for-next-phase-of-army-aerial-intel-upgrades\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:13","slug":"l3harris-raytheon-chosen-for-next-phase-of-army-aerial-intel-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/09\/14\/l3harris-raytheon-chosen-for-next-phase-of-army-aerial-intel-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"L3Harris, Raytheon chosen for next phase of Army aerial intel upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army awarded L3Harris and Raytheon Applied Signal Technology phase-two contracts to develop sensors in support of a next-generation airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance program known as HADES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest other transaction authority agreements for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System total $18 million, according to the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors<\/a>, or PEO IEW&S, which announced the deal Sept. 13. The overall value of the prototyping project, over the course of three phases, is $49 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the competitive second phase, the two defense firms will advance their designs and build electronic and communications intelligence sensors that are both more sensitive and capable of working at higher altitudes, ranges and speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrangement is part of the Army\u2019s Multi-Domain Sensing System effort, a basket of technologies the service says will modernize its aerial intelligence-gathering and data-sharing capabilities. The upgrades are necessitated by the Army\u2019s transition to multi-domain operations \u2014 the ability to deter and defeat an enemy, with help from partners and allies, in any environment \u2014 and advanced technologies deployed by other world powers, namely China and Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe MDSS HADES will be globally deployable and provide a multi-faceted sensing capability at higher altitudes and longer ranges, and with longer endurance than is currently available from the Army\u2019s enduring fleet,\u201d Dennis Teefy, project director for sensors-aerial intelligence at PEO IEW&S, said in a statement. \u201cThe goal is to provide deep-sensing intelligence collection of indicators and warnings, electronic order of battle, and patterns of life for target development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t