# ATHENA Aerial ISR **Aliases:** ATHENA **Entity class:** Army high-altitude aerial-ISR experimentation program ## Definition **ATHENA** is an Army high-altitude intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance experimentation line used to develop sensors, data processing, crew concepts, and operating methods relevant to the future [[wiki/HADES|HADES]] program. ## Relationships - **training support:** [[wiki/Virtual Aerial Systems Trainer|VAST]]. - **Fort Bliss unit:** [[wiki/204th Military Intelligence Battalion|204th MI Battalion]]. - **successor relationship:** informs [[wiki/HADES|HADES]]. - **managed through:** [[wiki/Project Director Sensors-Aerial Intelligence|PD SAI]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Army — VAST, ATHENA, and HADES](https://www.army.mil/article/285641/pd_sai_delivers_first_virtual_aerial_systems_trainer_classroom_to_the_army)