Watch panelists Jerad Hayes, Autonomous Aviation and Technology program director at Boeing; Jackie Hoke, associate director of unmanned and advanced programs at Collins Aerospace; Darren Moe, senior director of automation, autonomy, artificial intelligence, and mission systems at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.; Jarrod M. Patton, solutions architect and business area manager for autonomy and open architectures at Leidos; and moderator Kevin D. Stamey, director for information dominance programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, take part in the “Mission Domain Live Engagement—Autonomous Systems” session from AFA’s 2021 virtual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.