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Soldiers must be ready for a battlefield where "Army forces are going to be under constant observation, and what can be seen can be targeted," the Army's top civilian said.
The sensors under development will integrate onto the Army's well-known HADES aerial ISR program, designed to conduct "deep" intelligence gathering and target tracking.
SNC started work on the RAPCON-X aircraft a year ago “in an effort to build something that the Army and DoD needs before they need it,” said Tim Harper, senior director of business development for SNC’s Mission Solutions and Technologies division.