Army Wants To Test Air-Launched Drones From A Global Express Business Jet

The U.S. Army is looking at testing launched effects from a special missions version of the Bombardier Global 6500 bizjet. The announcement further underscores the fact that the service is looking to expand the capabilities of its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) aircraft, based on the Global 6500, the first of which was delivered last November. There have long been questions about the survivability of the HADES in more contested airspace, and adding launched effects is one way to potentially help mitigate that.