  VERITAS is a new major ground-based gamma-ray observatory with an array of
seven 10 m optical reflectors to be built at the Whipple Observatory in
southern Arizona, USA. It will consist of an array of imaging Cherenkov
telescopes designed to conduct critical measurements of AGNs and SNRs in the
energy range of 50 GeV - 50 TeV. The design of the array has been optimized for
the highest sensitivity to point sources in the 100 GeV - 10 TeV band when the
stereoscopic imaging technique is employed. Maximum versatility of the array
has been another major optimization criterion. We present the flux sensitivity
of the baseline VERITAS configuration.
