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Skyborg Program Conducts Another Test of Autonomy System on Different Drone

Skyborg Program Conducts Another Test of Autonomy System on Different Drone
A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone returns to El Mirage Airfield, Calif. on June 24 after a flight test of the Skyborg Autonomy Core System during Orange Flag 21-2 at Edwards AFB, Calif. (General Atomics Photo)

The U.S. Air Force's Skyborg program--one of four service Vanguard efforts--conducted a two hour and thirty minute flight test on June 24 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger tactical drone during the Orange Flag 21-2 exercise at Edwards AFB, Calif., the Air Force said this week. ACS is to be the collaboration and autonomy-enabling “brain” of Skyborg. The first ACS flight test took place on Apr. 29th aboard a Kratos [KTOS] UTAP-22 Mako…

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