Jane's Information Group

Rapid Dragon completes system-level flight-test series

Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon Palletized Weapon System aboard an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on 13 December, ...
The National Interest

Rapid Dragon: U.S. Spec Ops Command Wants to Arm Cargo Planes

The United States’ effort to bring more firepower quickly to a fight took a new turn this week with Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) testing out the Rapid Dragon palletized munitions concept ...
Flightglobal

USAF hits maritime target with cruise missile launched from C-130

The US Air Force (USAF) has hit a target with a cruise missile launched from the ramp of a cargo aircraft for the first time as part of its Rapid Dragon programme. The service deployed a cruise ...
Flightglobal

JASSM-ER launch from MC-130J to help prove ‘Rapid Dragon’ pallet concept

Lockheed Martin plans to demonstrate the ability to launch a Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) from the back of an MC-130J transport by the end of the year, as it works ...
Jane's Information Group

Rapid Dragon demonstrates BLOS command and control of Palletized Weapon System

The US Air Force (USAF) Rapid Dragon Experimentation Program, in association with Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Det 1, has successfully ...
autoevolution

Cargo Aircraft Destroys Target Using a Game-Changing New Capability - a First for USAF

The U.S. Air Force is one step closer to implementing a game-changing capability that will ensure its combat superiority – the recent live fire test that concluded the flights' demonstrations of this ...
Task & Purpose

Air Force shows off its Rapid Dragon cruise missile system on China’s doorstep

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