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Air Force

Eyes on Fiscal 2024 Budget Next Year for Possible USAF Testing and Fielding of Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, August 11th, 2022

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Eyes on Fiscal 2024 Budget Next Year for Possible USAF Testing and Fielding of Collaborative Combat Aircraft

US Air Force insignia on an aging jet plane.

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has said that his top technology priority is "autonomous behaviors and artificial intelligence decision support," and he has suggested that the F-35 fighter and the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) manned fighter could serve as play callers for autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). For CCA, the Air Force may glean lessons learned from other manned-unmanned teaming efforts, such as the Skyborg Vanguard program, and may take a step toward equipping fighter squadrons with some…

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Army

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Army

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Army

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