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Agile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

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Agile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year

A General Atomics' MQ-9 Reaper with an Agile Condor pod under wing (General Atomics Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Agile Condor wide area surveillance pod is to undergo classified testing over the next year after a recent flight on the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.(GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper at GA-ASI’s Flight Test and Training Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota, according to the Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). "The Agile Condor pod is a critical component of a lot of different programs of which we're part," U.S. Army Col. Brad Boyd, chief…

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