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Navy And Boeing Demoed Super Hornet Manned-Unmanned Teaming Last Year

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

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Navy And Boeing Demoed Super Hornet Manned-Unmanned Teaming Last Year

The first operational Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet flying at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis, Mo. before arriving at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. in 2021 (Photo: Boeing).

Boeing [BA] and the Navy successfully tested a Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet controlling three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) flight tests in 2021, the company announced on July 15. During a two week period of test fights, Super Hornet pilots entered commands into a third-party tablet, which were processed and transmitted through the Block III hardware. Boeing said the UAVs executed all commands given by the pilots. Company system engineers connected the Super Hornet Block III’s…

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