Green Berets tested glider drones for supply drops during a massive special operations exercise

Green Berets tested glider drones for supply drops during a massive special operations exercise

Special operations units might rely on uncrewed glider drones to get resupplied in the near future. At the very least, the concept was put to the test during the largest special operations training exercise in Europe this month. NATO forces, including elements from Army Special Forces, took part in the Trojan Footprint Exercise. During one part of the exercise, U.S. troops and members of the Romanian Air Force dropped Grasshopper autonomous aeri…

Green Berets Drop 500-lb Glider Drones In NATO Drill

U.S. Army Special Forces and a Romanian Air Force crew dropped autonomous cargo gliders over North Macedonia during Trojan Footprint 26, the largest U.S.-led special operations exercise in Europe. Photo credit: Army National Guard / Capt. Christopher Booker The aircraft were DZYNE’s Grasshopper resupply gliders, the same family the Air Force quietly fielded last year. The exercise wrapped on May 21 after ten days of testing across Eastern Europe…