US UAV and UCAV Technology

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Colonel Tasked With Testing Future Of Air Dominance Talks Candidly About Progress And Challenges

We talk in-depth with the 53rd Wing Commander about how his organization is deeply engaged with the latest capabilities for USAF warfighters.

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SES Space and Defense secures US Air Force Air Combat Command contract

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2024 - SES Space and Defense, a subsidiary of SES, has been awarded a multi-year contract valued at USD 46.8 million by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC). The contract involves providing G

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Gambit 5, a projected Carrier compatible variant of Gambit 2 revealed:

At this stage, GA-ASI has no firm plans to build a Gambit 5 prototype. “I think there’s a view among the engineers that the work that we’re already involved in – for the Air Force Research Laboratory for example – is so highly adaptable that the modular system that we will build and design means that we’re not reinventing the wheel to move to this type of platform,” said Brinkley. “We’ve also done lots of work on relative navigation, and also integrated different levels of autonomy. We’ve been involved in the [AFRL’s] Skyborg programme, the DARPA CODE pilot, and we have our own in-house autonomy pilot.

“So we don’t have a carrier version sitting on the runway yet for people to fly,” he added. “Right now it’s more than theory, less than prototype.”

General Atomics reveals new carrier-capable drone - Naval News

General Atomics has unveiled a concept for a carrier-capable variant of its Gambit autonomous collaborative platform (ACP)...

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New XQ-58 Valkyrie Variant With Built-In Landing Gear To Fly Soon

The addition of internal landing gear points to a bigger and possibly higher-performance version of the Valkyrie now being in development.

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Anduril to open software-based manufacturing hub to scale production

The California-based defense technology company announced it will build its first 'Arsenal' manufacturing facility in the United States.

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“Hyperscale” Weapons Factory Vision Outlined By Anduril

Anduril aims to change how guided munitions and drones are developed, bought, and produced with the help of its new factory concept.

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Northrop's Stealthy Drone Breaks Cover... And It Has A Cockpit!?

The Model 437, which was built by Northrop Grumman's subsidiary Scaled Composites, looks like the concept art aside from one very glaring detail.

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Some Replicator tranche 2 systems have already been selected, DIU head says - Breaking Defense

Doug Beck, director of the DIU, said the department has “selected some systems already,” however “there’s other things that we are still kind of finalizing.”

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Super Quiet Special Operations Drones May Migrate To Pacific Theater

The RQ-29 also looks like a civilian light sport aircraft and could discreetly surveil everything from Chinese forces to terror targets.

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Pentagon begins awarding contracts for next round of Replicator

Since Replicator's inception, the Pentagon has awarded contracts for 30 different hardware and software efforts with more than 50 major subcontracts.

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Supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush Now Has First Of its Kind Drone Control Center

The Unmanned Air Warfare Centers to control MQ-25 Stingray tanker drones and other future advanced uncrewed aircraft.

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Cessna Caravan Turned Into Cargo Drone Tested At China-Focused Airpower Exercise

Small uncrewed cargo planes could support far-flung forces in a high-end fight against China, which is actively developing its own designs.

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DARPA Selects Designs For Next Phase Of ANCILLARY Program

The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY program aims to develop a long endurance, vertical takeoff and landing unmanned air system.

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Pulling for Sikorsky since they lost FLRAA but may the best drone win.

 

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From post above, NG Ancillary entry with 4 articulated pivots on wings and engine pods:

 

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Shield AI advances multi-jet autonomy in Kratos firejet tests

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 - Shield AI, Inc., a leading technology company focused on developing advanced AI pilots, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully conducting its first multi-jet autonomous flights using t

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When it comes to military AI, there is no second place

Opinion: Our guest opinion writer argues that AI must be prioritized across military programs and platforms, or else America risks losing the AI race to China.

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