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SNC, Exelis Partner To Offer Aircraft-Based Surveillance Services

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

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Hoping to capitalize on potential demand from their non-military customers for certain mission needs amid an austere budget environment, Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and ITT Exelis [XLS] recently said they are building a manned aircraft-based wide area persistent surveillance capability that they plan to offer on a fee-for-service basis both domestically and internationally for homeland security-type missions. For Vigilant Stare, SNC is currently integrating an Exelis electro-optic and infrared camera on a De Haviland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprop plane…

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