USAFE Tests Satellite-Controlled MQ-9 Takeoff/Landing In Poland

Air Force serviceman testing drone
Credit: U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) have demonstrated the MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed aircraft system’s ability to take off and land at airfields without the need for dedicated launch and recovery crews. The Satellite Launch and Recovery Package (SLR-P), used in proof-of-concept trials in Poland in August...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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