[Scan-DC] Interesting Aircraft over Blacksburg

[Bruce Harper]

Not totally scanner related, but there are knowledgeable people here with
an interest in aircraft operations. See the photo at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Dv2JT3jRwtA1ougtpvQ3YRI0KvGqtGbT/view?usp=sharing
to see the pattern being flown this morning. The jet belongs to a company
in Reston, Lasai Avaiation LLC. Per a search, I did turn up this info:

The ARTEMIS, is the U.S. Army’s first ever Manned Aerial ISR (intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance) jet. The aircraft was officially revealed
on Aug. 6, 2020, by the Army’s Program Executive Office that posted some
details about the platform on Facebook: “it provides high-altitude sensing
capabilities against near peer adversaries and bridges gaps in the Multi
Domain Operations mission. The joint investment between the Army and
industry partners started in May 2019 and recently completed aircraft and
sensor system engineering, airworthiness qualification, information
assurance accreditation, integration and testing requirements and deployed
to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.”


As I post this, the plane is now headed southwest, about to pass north of
Wytheville.

Just curious.

Bruce in Blacksburg

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Bruce Harper
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