#Drones: Air Force SOF connecting veteran Reaper with drone swarms. Patrick Tucker, Defense One
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🗓️ 14 March 2023
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#Drones: Air Force SOF connecting veteran Reaper with drone swarms. Patrick Tucker, Defense One
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/03/reaper-uav-getting-its-own-drone-swarm/383676/
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.4 | Here's John Bachelorette. |
| 0:11.3 | The aircraft carrier was the discovery of the Second World War. |
| 0:15.2 | It was supposed to be a battle of big guns, the battleships, the bigger the battleship, |
| 0:20.8 | the more likely it was to win a battle. |
| 0:23.7 | And then a plan met the enemy and everything changed. |
| 0:27.6 | The battle of Coral Sea, the battle of Midway, and today we have the aircraft carrier dominant |
| 0:33.2 | on the seas. |
| 0:34.5 | However, in the skies, an aircraft carrier, what would it look like? |
| 0:39.7 | A welcome Patrick Tucker, the technology editor of Defense One, who in conversation with |
| 0:46.3 | dreamers of the future, especially the Air Force dreamers, are looking at a new way to |
| 0:50.9 | understand drones, especially the veteran drone, the Reaper, the MQ123456789. |
| 0:59.8 | Patrick, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:02.3 | They're reimagining the Reaper. |
| 1:04.4 | They're reimagining drones for swarms. |
| 1:06.9 | What will it look like? |
| 1:08.5 | Good evening to you. |
| 1:09.5 | Good evening, yes. |
| 1:11.5 | This is comes from Lieutenant General Tony Bauernefield. |
| 1:15.7 | He is the head of the Air Force's special operations command. |
| 1:22.8 | So basically the version of the Green Brays that is the Air Force. |
| 1:27.8 | What they are imagining is converting the MQ9 Reapers that they have in their inventory. |
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