A Reaper undergoing a pre-flight check in Afghanistan in 2015. USAF
Warzone/The Drive: MQ-9 Reaper Tests Prove It Can Operate From Unprepared Locations On The Fly
The Air Force recently tested a new landing and take-off capability that could allow the MQ-9 to self deploy to a much wider range of locales.
The U.S. Air Force just demonstrated a new capability for the MQ-9 Reaper that could pave the way for the unmanned aircraft to deploy to and operate from a wider array of locations and without the need to have specialized infrastructure in place.
The service has also now demonstrated how the drones can use targeting pods and other sensors to generate reference points for automatic landing and takeoff capabilities from the air to further support future agile, expeditionary deployments.
This is a broader concept of operations that the Air Force has been developing, with a particular eye toward future distributed operations, particularly in the Pacific.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: The software/engineering/and technological upgrades that must have been done to make this possible must be incredible.
0 Response to "The MQ-9 Reaoer Drone Can Now Land And Take-Off From Locations Without The Need To Have Specialized Infrastructure In Place"
Post a Comment