Autonomous Drones Proved Themselves in Army Ammo Resupply Tests. Now, the XVIII Airborne Wants In
A group of quadcopter carrying ammunition and water land in a field to resupply soldiers from the Army’s Experimental Force, or EXFOR, at Fort Benning, Georgia to resupply soldiers participating in Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021. (U.S. Army)
15 Mar 2021
Army maneuver officials are pushing for additional testing of aerial resupply by autonomous drones which could become a dependable lifeline for delivering ammunition and water to combat units when they need it most.
Soldiers with the service s Experimental Force, or EXFOR, at Fort Benning, Georgia, just completed the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE) 2021, using commercial autonomous quadcopters to fly ammo for the M240 machine gun, M249 squad automatic weapon and M4A1 carbine to units fresh out of gunfights during the force-on-force portion of the exercise.