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So today was the first live drop of a

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M67 grenade from a small UES or SkyDO

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X10 Delta UAV . And so we're out here

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at Range 132 at Grafn Beer , and we had

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10 plan drops , and our first test was

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a success , and it was the first live

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or drop from a small UAES for a

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conventional army . That's a big step

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for 7th APC 173rd who we partnered with .

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I'm in , so we were able to conduct the

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first test , very successful , and then

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we'll continue with follow on tests and

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hopefully provide that information back

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to the Army Enterprise . We've actually

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been on the ground for about 3 weeks

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and it's a great feat for us . The

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multinational training group . We do a

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lot of things . We have teams that

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support in different ways . We have an

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innovation team which is . Right now

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today they're working with a couple of

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different UAVs . They're using

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different UAVs , one to actually

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conduct the operation and others to

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observe as well as to intercept just in

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case we have any situations that arise .

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In addition to that , there's other

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equipment that they're using as far as

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how to drop . We're doing live drops

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right now . We're doing M67

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fragmentation grenades . So with those

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pieces of equipment . The good thing

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about it is with the innovation team ,

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they've learned how to , how to adapt

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it , how to actually place them on the

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UEVs themselves . Really purpose this

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training is more of innovation . It's

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to do things that we've not done before ,

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to extend ourselves beyond what we're

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currently capable to do . My roll down

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range was the rigger , so I would

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attach the grenade to the drone

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dropping system . What that entails is

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making sure the dropper is functional

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and then making sure the grenade is

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secured on there with the pin in the

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correct position , removing the safety

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clip and making sure it's secured . It

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went really well . We had a successful

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drop , the first successful live drop

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in GTA . And it was it was a great

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success .