FEATURED: A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army

ARTEMIS "has both electronic collection and ground scanning radar so it could for example see the movement of tanks in real time, and collect RF [radio frequency] signals emitted by adversaries,"  said Tom Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation.

A prototype spy plane is tracking Russian force movements for the US Army WASHINGTON: As the world waits on Russia's next move in its slow-rolling invasion of Ukraine, US military aircraft continue flights over Eastern Europe, searching for changes in Russia's posture along Ukraine's border that could give clues about its next moves. Flying in the region among the US military's submarine hunting planes and surveillance drones is a novel intelligence-gathering aircraft prototype known as ARTEMIS — a Bombardier Challenger 650 that's been souped up with military-grade sensors for tracking ground troops, flown on behalf of the US Army by defense contractor Leidos. Read more » Breaking Defense 611 Broadway • New York, New York • 10012 unsubscribe