Unmanned Systems
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF Plans Sensor Testing for Autonomous F-16s
The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate and test sensors, including advanced electronically scanned array radar, on autonomous F-16 fighters to feed the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. […]
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Air ForceTwo F-15Es Strike Militia Targets in Syria with 20 SDBs
Two U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles struck two Iranian-backed Syrian militia targets with 20 GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) in retaliation for recent assaults against U.S. personnel, including an […]
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Air ForcePACAF Commander: CCA May Leverage MQ-28 Ghost Bat
The U.S. Air Force’s planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) may leverage the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) use of Boeing‘s [BA] MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the […]
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ArmyArmy Planning Counter UAS Experiment In Urban Environment (New Orleans)
The Army this July in New Orleans will evaluate technologies to detect, track, identify and defeat drones, an experiment that will test counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) in one of […]
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Air ForceDetails on Collaborative Combat Aircraft Close Hold in USAF Budget
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced last week that the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget would contain plans for 1,000 Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to be used by the […]
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Air ForceCollaborative Combat Aircraft Concept Relies on Reuse
The U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) concept relies on reuse, not an acceptable attrition rate, a top service official said this week. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Ends KC-Y, Considers AoA on Next-Generation Air-Refueling System
The U.S. Air Force has decided to end the KC-Y program for buying 150 commercial tankers as a bridge to a future Next-Generation Air-Refueling System (NGAS) tanker–the formerly known KC-Z–and […]
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Air ForceGeneral Atomics: AFSOC First U.S. Customer for MQ-9B
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has become the first domestic customer for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian–a follow-on to the renowned MQ-9A Reaper, General Atomics said on March 6. Under the […]
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Homeland SecurityCBP To Evaluate Insitu UAS To Meet Some Light Enforcement Platform Missions
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shortly plans to begin conducting technology evaluations of two Insitu-made medium unmanned aircraft systems (mUASs) to meet certain light surveillance missions. The technology demonstrations will […]
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Navy/USMCPyle: Navy Could Consider Adding Hypersonic Missiles To LUSVs, Wants To Upgrade Zumwalt Past Hypersonic Weapons
The Navy is not currently considering adding hypersonic missiles to Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV), but the service may consider that after initial testing from the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in […]
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