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AFRL to Test Multiple Skyborg Prototypes This Year

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AFRL to Test Multiple Skyborg Prototypes This Year
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor and F-35A Lightning II fly in formation with the XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle over the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground testing range, Ariz., during a series of tests Dec. 9, 2020. This integrated test follows a series of gatewayONE ground tests that began during the inaugural Department of the Air Force on-ramp in December, 2019. (Air Force Photo)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle and Air Force program executive officer for aircraft and advanced weapons Brig. Gen. Dale White are leading an effort this year to test multiple prototypes for Skyborg, one of three Air Force Vanguard programs intended to field advanced capabilities rapidly. "We have more tests this year," Pringle said Feb. 4 of Skyborg during a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' Aerospace Nation virtual forum. "We have multiple prototypes that we'll be…

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