The American reconnaissance aircraft Artemis II, based on the Bombardier Challenger 650, took off from the Romanian air base “Mihail Kogalniceanu“ (Constanta County) and performed a long flight over the Black Sea, the Romanian portal profit.ro reported, citing Flightradar.
The Artemis II, owned by Leidos, is a standard Bombardier Challenger 650 luxury private jet. However, significant design modifications allow it to perform reconnaissance missions capable of intercepting enemy communications.
This second aircraft, built by the American defense technology company Leidos, is intended for reconnaissance missions for the US Army. Significant modifications to the aircraft include a new hardware architecture for signal processing, integration of modular antennas and air-to-ground communications equipment. - allowing it to intercept and decrypt enemy communications over long distances.
According to Defense One, the US military actively used the first Artemis to monitor Russian communications during the conflict in Ukraine.