# HADES **Expanded name:** High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System **Entity class:** Army high-altitude aerial intelligence system ## Definition **HADES** is the Army's developing high-altitude aerial intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system. It is intended to carry advanced sensors and enable collection, detection, geolocation, and exploitation at ranges beyond traditional tactical aviation. ## Relationships - **experimentation lineage:** [[wiki/ATHENA Aerial ISR|ATHENA]]. - **training:** [[wiki/Virtual Aerial Systems Trainer|VAST]] at the [[wiki/204th Military Intelligence Battalion|204th MI Battalion]]. - **Army intelligence context:** [[wiki/116th Military Intelligence Brigade|116th MI Brigade]] and [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Army — VAST support for HADES](https://www.army.mil/article/285641/pd_sai_delivers_first_virtual_aerial_systems_trainer_classroom_to_the_army)