In the same week that the US Air Force selected Boeing’s F-47 is its 6th generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) crewed fighter, California-based Anduril Industries is showing a model of its 6thgeneration YFQ-44 Fury autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
US online publication Breaking Defense reports that the two companies selected by the US Air Force to develop Collaborative Combat Aircraft designs have completed what amounts to Critical Design Reviews of their competing designs. This milestone enables California-based Anduril Industries…
Californian company Joby Aviation has demonstrated autonomous airborne logistics operations during the US Air Force’s EX Agile Flag 24-3. It used a fully autonomous Cessna 208B Grand Caravan equipped with a suite of technologies developed by Xwing’s autonomy team, acquired…
With the FY2024 budget now approved, the US Department of the Air Force has selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for detailed design, manufacture and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
Five US companies have been selected to manufacture a range of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for the US Air Force. The companies are: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Anduril Industries. The CCA program, which is understood to…
A joint vision statement has been signed at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in England between the heads of the UK’s Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and the United States Air Force, setting out their…
It didn't happen and wasn't even simulated, says the USAF. An ADF drone is shown above. Image: Defence Multiple news outlets ran with the story that an AI-controlled USAF drone attacked its own operator during a mission simulation where the…
The US Department of the Air Force has released a classified solicitation to industry for an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) contract for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform with the intention of awarding a contract in 2024. "The…
Joby Aviation will deliver its first two of nine electrically powered aircraft to the US Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base by early 2024. The news follows four USAF test pilots’ flights in a Joby aircraft, becoming the first…
A USAF B-52H Stratofortress has successfully released the first All-Up-Round AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) off the Southern California coast. The AGM-183A is manufactured by Lockheed Martin. This test was the first launch of a full prototype operational missile.…