
The U.S. Army said on Aug. 22 that it has picked Sierra Nevada Corporation [SNC] as the lead system integrator for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) under a contract worth up to $991.3 million. HADES, the service's future aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) program, "will provide transformational increases in speed, range, payload and endurance," the Army said. The program's first phase is to include equipping aircraft with different sensor packages designed to give the Army deep,…