The United States Air Force’s Skyborg team successfully demonstrated unmanned-unmanned autonomous teaming during an October 26 test flight. The test flight, which took place during the Orange Flag 21-3 Large… Continue reading "Orange Flag Test Demonstrates Skyborg Unmanned-Unmanned Autonomous Teaming"
BAE Systems is the latest company to be selected to develop an ‘attritable’ air vehicle systems for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as part of that service’s Skyborg Vanguard program.… Continue reading "BAE Now Part of USAF Skyborg Vanguard Expendable Combat Drone Program"
Boeing Australia’s pioneering ‘Loyal Wingman’ Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) has been officially designated the MQ-28A Ghost Bat in Australia. The UCAV draws its name from the Ghost Bat, a large carnivorous… Continue reading "Meet the MQ-28A Ghost Bat: Australia’s Loyal Wingman"
Welcome to the Weekend Briefing, where we round up the week’s most interesting and important defence news and comment. We begin November with stories examining the tensions on the Polish-Belarusian… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (1-5 November)"
Boeing Australia recently commenced construction on the fifth Airpower Teaming System (ATS) aircraft. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) currently has an outstanding order for six of the aircraft. The ATS… Continue reading "Boeing Begins Construction on 5th Loyal Wingman Drone"
General Atomics Aeronautical announced yesterday that a second company-owned Avenger ER UAV has received an FAA-issued Experimental Certificate (EC). The EC allows the Avenger ER to perform expanded operations in… Continue reading "Second General Atomics Avenger ER Granted FAA Experimental Certificate"
The shock 5-0 victory of Heron Systems’ Falco AI over a human pilot in a simulated F-16 dogfight at DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Trial 3 has resulted in the spilling of much… Continue reading "Exclusive Interview: Heron Systems’ Vice President Talks AlphaDogfight AI Victory"
Calspan Corporation announced 8 July that it had been awarded a four year contract worth $14.1 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop full-scale air combat… Continue reading "Calspan To Modify L-39s For DARPA AI Dogfighting Experiment"