Northrop Grumman is offering a revamped Model 437 aircraft as a “playground” testbed for developers of autonomy flight software, hoping to answer industry demand for more and faster testing of their technology.
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The key to the longest-range kill chains is to shorten the distance data has to travel by collating and processing it as close as possible to the place it is generated, a panel of industry experts and executives said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber ...
“The Trump administration and the Department of War deserve commendation for revising their fiscal 2026 budget submission, which sought to cancel the E-7 airborne early warning and control aircraft. By reversing that decision, the administration has now addressed a looming capability gap and deepened NATO ...
Lockheed Martin has revealed its “Vectis” autonomous combat aircraft, an unsolicited proposal for a “customizable” escort drone to fly with fifth-generation fighters and carry out a variety of missions.
The Pentagon needs a Digital Command and a Digital Warfare Corps, along with other changes, to take advantage of critical new technologies, according to a think tank founded by former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt.
Fresh off its biggest test yet of an autonomous cargo plane, the Air Force is going bolder: deploying and operating another such aircraft for an entire year.
Long-Range Drones Target Battlefield Delivery By Greg Hadley A new startup has a contract with the Air Force’s innovation arm and a prototype to test its new concept: a network of “flying pickup truck” drones to solve the problem of...
When Airmen and Guardians need data or connectivity, they don’t much care whether it comes from a fiber optic cable or a satellite—and the Department of the Air Force wants a future network to match.
The U.S. military is doubling down on non-space-based alternatives to GPS, the ubiquitous position, navigation, and timing service provided by the U.S. Space Force, with new funding for the development and testing of operational prototypes of quantum-based devices that don’t depend on easily jammable signals ...
