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Air Force

Defense Authorizers Propose Reductions in Air Force Request for Golden Horde

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

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Defense Authorizers Propose Reductions in Air Force Request for Golden Horde

Golden Horde is one of three Air Force Vanguard science and technology programs (AFRL graphic)

Congressional defense authorizers have proposed significant reductions to the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Golden Horde program in fiscal 2021. The Air Force has three science and technology (S&T) Vanguard programs--Skyborg, Golden Horde, and Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3). Skyborg is to integrate artificial intelligence into autonomous unmanned air vehicles to enable future manned-unmanned teaming, while Golden Horde is to demonstrate collaborative autonomous networked weapons that share data and collaborate to defeat targets. NTS-3 is to explore new GPS receivers that…

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