U.S. Air Force Special Ops To Demo MQ-9 Air-Launching UAS

Brian Everstine September 22, 2023

Air Force Special Operations Command MQ-9A Reaper.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
Within six months Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) wants to start the first demonstration of an MQ-9 launching and controlling smaller uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) under a new plan that is similar to a miniature version of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) plan. 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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