The Air Force will likely maintain a mixed fleet of large drones, despite service documents indicating a plan to eventually replace all of its MQ-1 Predator aircraft with the newer, larger MQ-9 Reaper, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer recently said. "I think they'll end up with a force mix," John Young, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said during an Oct. 30 Pentagon briefing. "To stop buying [Predators] and to transition completely to Reapers, which take longer…
DoD Wants Mix of Predator, Reaper UAS In USAF Fleet
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