HADES Platform, Payloads/PED, and Integration

Abstract

Project DD6 is a realignment of funds from BY9 and does not represent a new start. All Fiscal Year (FY) 25-28 funding will be justified in subsequent budgets to support the HADES POR on Project DD6. Project BY9 will remain to support future development and modernization of platform agnostic, MDSS sensor capabilities IAW future Army decisions. PE 0604036A / Project DD6 is the Army's first POR in the MDSS family of systems. The High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) provides advanced aerial intelligence sensing capabilities for Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) against peer and near-peer adversaries, addressing Army deep sensing needs in all phases of operations and throughout the depth of the future battlefield. Highly mobile, long endurance converged deep sensing through the collection of Communications Intelligence (COMINT), Electronics Intelligence (ELINT), and Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator (SAR/MTI) data. Subsequent increment upgrades can host Electronic Warfare (EW), Radio Frequency (RF)-enabled Cyber, and Air Launched Effects (ALE). Platform performance and a modular system open architecture (MOSA) increases flexibility in meeting emerging threats along with global deployment within hours vs. days/weeks. Fiscal Year 2024 base dollars in the amount of $191.394 million supports the initiation of system level prototyping of the HADES system. Funds support the acquisition of the HADES prototype aircraft, and begin non-recurring engineering and design of both the aircraft and the payload for future integration and testing of the system.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: DD6_0604036A_4_2040_PB_2024

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Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
• Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

• Cyber
• Microelectronics