The Air National Guard's MQ-9 enterprise has been quietly fighting under the radar to show the remotely piloted aircraft has utility in future operations by transforming its hunter-killer counterinsurgency capabilities to better enable joint all-domain command and control under a little-known initiative called the "Ghost Reaper," multiple sources tell Inside Defense . The Ghost Reaper would have advanced networking and intelligence technologies -- and even achieve open-mission standards -- that the ANG's MQ-9 team hopes will prove the shift to...
