GAO: L3Harris bid for HADES award lacked necessary technical detail

By Dan Schere / January 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
An ultimately unsuccessful bid by L3Harris for the Army's High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) spy plane program failed due to a lack of technical detail the company provided in its proposal, according to the Government Accountability Office. Last August, the Army announced it had awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) a $94 million contract to be the lead systems integrator to provide the aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for HADES. The 12-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a ceiling...

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