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Advanced / Transformational Technology

First ABMS Demonstration to Occur Within Next Four Months

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

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First ABMS Demonstration to Occur Within Next Four Months

The Air Force Research Lab- and Kratos-developed XQ-58A Valkyrie UAV demonstrator completed its second test flight June 11. (Photo: Air Force)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force is planning its first display of what its Advanced Battle Management Concept (ABMS) would operationally look like within the next few months, the service’s top acquisition officer said Sept. 17. An experiment involving a Skyborg unmanned aerial system connected to an F-22 Raptor and an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and all three networked to a group operator will be “what you could call step one for ABMS,” Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and…

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