SNC Conducts First Flight Of Aircraft For Army’s Athena

Sierra Nevada Rapcon-X

SNC’s Rapcon-X aircraft developed for the U.S. Army’s surveillance prototyping program, takes off on its first flight Nov. 21.

Credit: Brian Everstine/Aviation Week
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND—Sierra Nevada Co. (SNC) has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a highly modified Bombardier Global 6500 the company is developing for a U.S. Army high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) prototyping program. The flight on Nov. 21 comes...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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