RAPCON-X

SNC’s RAPCON-X jet completes flight performance testing, paving the way for COCO ISR missions

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), an American aerospace company, has successfully completed the initial flight testing of its RAPCON-X™ Bombardier Global 6500 jet.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced the successful inaugural flight of its new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the RAPCON-X. The aircraft took to the skies from Hagerstown, Maryland, marking a significant milestone in the U.S. Army’s Theater Level High Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne ISR (ATHENA) programme.

Sierra Nevada Corporation completes first flight of RAPCON-X ISR aircraft for U.S. Army

Air / By Defence Industry Europe

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced the successful inaugural flight of its new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the RAPCON-X.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been selected for the next phase of the Finnish Border Guard’s MVX program to replace its current Dornier 228 surveillance aircraft with new multi-purpose jets. The RAPCON-X jet is SNC’s newest integrated aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (A-ISR) solution that will provide a modernized and dramatically increased capability to the Finnish Border Guard’s existing fixed-wing fleet. For this program, SNC is using a Bombardier Challenger 650 aircraft tailored RAPCON-X capability.

SNC’s RAPCON-X jet advances to next phase of Finnish Border Guard’s MVX program

Air / By Defence Industry Europe

SNC has been selected for the next phase of the Finnish Border Guard’s MVX program to replace its current Dornier 228 surveillance aircraft with new multi-purpose jets.