Sierra Nevada banking on new RAPCON-X plane for Army’s future ISR aircraft

Sierra Nevada banking on new RAPCON-X plane for Army’s future ISR aircraft
Sierra Nevada banking on new RAPCON-X plane for Army’s future ISR aircraft

SNC started work on the RAPCON-X aircraft a year ago “in an effort to build something that the Army and DoD needs before they need it,” said Tim Harper, senior director of business development for SNC’s Mission Solutions and Technologies division.

A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army

A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army
A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army

ARTEMIS “has both electronic collection and ground scanning radar so it could for example see the movement of tanks in real time, and collect RF [radio frequency] signals emitted by adversaries,”  said Tom Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation. “Its sensors can go hundreds of miles out, so with the route it is flying it can see well into Belarus, Kaliningrad, and perhaps even into the Donbas region.”

DRS Unveils Very Small SIGINT Sensor

DRS Unveils Very Small SIGINT Sensor
DRS Unveils Very Small SIGINT Sensor

WASHINGTON: Imagine reconnaissance teams operating in enemy territory being able to hump in their own tiny  signals intelligence (SIGINT) sensors, able to gather intel on both electronic emissions (ELINT) and communications (COMINT). Ok, they don’t have to hump them in because each one weighs roughly two-and-half pounds. Sound like science fiction? Well, DRS, the American…

Hawker Beechcraft Chairman Rebuffs Security Concerns Over Sale To Chinese: EXCLUSIVE

The proposed sale of bankrupt Hawker Beechcraft to a Chinese company will create no security problems for the US military, pledged Hawker chairman Bill Boisture in an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense. If the potential $1.8 billion sale to Superior Aviation Beijing actually goes through — and at least one well-regarded industry observer, Richard Aboulafia,…