U.S. Army ISR Prototype Fleet Grows As Sierra Nevada Unveils Rapcon-X

Brian Everstine August 30, 2022
Bombardier Global 6500
Sierra Nevada Corp. will modify two Bombardier Global 6500s as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology prototypes in anticipation of a U.S. Army program.
Credit: Sierra Nevada Corp.
The fleet of technology demonstrators providing contracted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the U.S. Army is growing—Sierra Nevada Corp. is spending more than $200 million of its own money to build a small fleet of jets ahead of a possible program. The company recently announced its...
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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