United States Air Force Successfully Tests ‘Rapid Dragon’

United States Air Force Successfully Tests ‘Rapid Dragon’

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Last month, the #UnitedStates #AirForce successfully live-fire tested the "Rapid Dragon," from a deployment system for MC-130J Commando IIs and similar aircraft. The weapon system will allow cargo aircraft to be weaponized and act as strategic attack platforms. Led by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office Rapid Dragon is a palletized munitions experimentation campaign exploring the feasibility and operational advantages of airdropping long-range palletized munitions from existing airlift platforms, such as the C-130 and C-17, without aircraft modifications. The multi-phase program brings together nearly 30 stakeholders from across DoD, Air Force Major Commands, Test and Evaluation enterprise, program offices, and industry to develop and demonstrate the capability through modeling, simulation, analysis, demonstration, and flight tests. The program, established in December 2019, expects to achieve powered flight within 24 months.

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