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GAO Denies Protest Of SNC’s HADES Win, Army Deemed L3Harris’ Bid ‘Unacceptable’

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

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GAO Denies Protest Of SNC’s HADES Win, Army Deemed L3Harris’ Bid ‘Unacceptable’

The Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft delivered to the U.S. Army in support of the HADES program. Photo: Bombardier Defense.

Sierra Nevada Corporation is cleared to move ahead on work as the lead integrator for the Army’s next-generation aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) jet after L3Harris’ [LHX] protest of the award to decision was rejected. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday released its report on the recent decision denying the award challenge, noting the Army had “reasonably concluded” that L3Harris’ proposal for the High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) program “was unacceptable under the technical factor due…

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