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SNC Expects New RAPCON-X ISR Jet To Be Deployment Ready By November 2023

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

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SNC Expects New RAPCON-X ISR Jet To Be Deployment Ready By November 2023

SNC's new RAPCON-X ISR jet. Photo: SNC.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) expects its new RAPCON-X aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (AISR) jet to be ready for deployment by November 2023 as it looks to offer the platform to the Army, company officials recently told Defense Daily. Tim Owings, executive vice president of SNC’s Mission Systems and Technology business area, said RAPCON-X, which is a modified Bombardier Global 6500 jet, is designed with an emphasis on open architecture and model-based systems engineering for rapid mission reconfiguration…

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