USAF’s Special Ops Autonomy Push Looking Toward Air-Launched Swarms

USAF personnel load Anduril Altius 600 UAS for a 2023 Adaptive Airborne Enterprise demonstration

USAF personnel load Anduril Altius 600 UAS for a 2023 Adaptive Airborne Enterprise demonstration.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida—U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is looking to go big with a new autonomy effort, moving from solely focusing on using MQ-9 Reapers as host to its C-130 variants. The command for the past two years has been working on its Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) effort...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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