AFSOC Autonomy Effort Looks To Connect MQ-9s, Drone Swarms

Brian Everstine May 09, 2024
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.
TAMPA, Florida—Having shown that a single airman can control multiple General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9s, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is looking to demonstrate that the Reapers can in turn launch a swarm of smaller drones. AFSOC has deemed this effort—the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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