The American Air Force Rapid Dragon program, subsequently labeled Dragon Cart, evolved into a Program of Record and enabled cargo aircraft able to deploy palletized cruise missiles by 2027. The ...

The United States has hundreds of unarmed transport aircraft, which would be far more useful if they could be transformed into strike platforms in a pinch.

A program between the U.S. defense industry and several military customers called Rapid Dragon allows for delivery of munitions from non-combat aircraft. A standard cargo version of the palletized ...