[Scan-DC] Interesting Aircraft over Blacksburg

[David L. Wilson]

I am confused by your post.  The aircraft you have in the first 
paragraph is not a jet.  ARTEMIS (in the second paragraph) is a jet.

On 9/23/2022 11:18 AM, Bruce Harper wrote:
> 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
> 2508 Manchester St.
> Blacksburg, VA 24060
> 540-392-3597
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