ANDØYA AIR STATION, Norway – The Air Pressure Fast Dragon Experimentation Program, led and developed by the Air Pressure Strategic Growth Planning and Experimentation, or SDPE, workplace, a part of the Air Pressure Analysis Laboratory’s Built-in Capabilities Directorate, in partnership with U.S. Particular Operations Command Europe, or SOCEUR, efficiently accomplished a reside fireplace of a Joint Air-to-Floor Standoff Missile-Prolonged Vary, JASSM-ER, long-range cruise missile on a Norwegian vary Nov. 9, 2022.
The Fast Dragon Palletized Results System, able to deploying long-range cruise missiles utilizing normal airdrop procedures from a cargo plane, was efficiently deployed from an MC-130J Commando II.
“Now, greater than ever we should take a special method to accelerating functionality to the warfighter,” stated AFRL Commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle. “Fast Dragon is a incredible instance of the velocity at which technologists and warfighters can work — the design, growth, prototyping and experimentation of latest capabilities can get to the sphere on operationally related timelines.”
Along with SDPE and SOCEUR, contributors supporting this occasion included U.S. Particular Operations Command (SOCOM) Det 1, Air Pressure Particular Operations Command (AFSOC), the Naval Floor Warfare Heart-Dahlgren; Lockheed Martin Missiles and Hearth Management, Systima Applied sciences, ASR-Pioneer, and Andøya Area Heart.
“The Fast Dragon Experimentation Program is appropriately named, because it superior quickly from an idea on paper to a reside fireplace utilizing a developmental prototype in 24 months. Now lower than three years from this system inception, Fast Dragon is being utilized by SOCEUR within the Arctic Circle,” stated Dr. Dean Evans, Fast Dragon program supervisor. “It is a testomony to the group’s deal with speedy fielding to satisfy warfighter wants.”
Though the Fast Dragon Experimentation Program has been targeted on kinetic munitions, this system’s efforts are actually increasing from Palletized Munitions to Palletized Results, which embody kinetic and non-kinetic munitions; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, or ISR, platforms; cargo resupply; humanitarian help supply.
“AFSOC’s comparative benefit is and all the time has been our human capital,” stated Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, AFSOC commander. “Palletized Results is a incredible instance of what occurs once we empower our Airmen to resolve complicated issues. AFSOC’s best worth to the joint power in addition to allies and companions is once we discover unconventional methods to ship airpower. The longer term goes to be completely different than what we’ve got skilled for the final 20 years, however one factor I’m sure of is AFSOC will probably be prepared for regardless of the future working setting brings.”
That is the seventh iteration of ATREUS within the European theater however the first mixed and joint effort with participation from ally nations of Norway, Poland, Romania, and the UK in addition to United States Air Pressure Europe-Air Forces Africa, United States Indo-Pacific Command, Air Pressure Particular Operations Command, U.S. Particular Operations Command Pacific, and U.S. Naval Sea Techniques Command.
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