The U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair autonomous drones with manned fighter jets reached a concrete milestone when the YFQ-42A prototype completed flight testing designed to validate airworthiness, ...
The exercise featured a human-piloted F-22 Raptor issuing real-time commands to the MQ-20 drone, which responded by carrying ...
The YFQ-42A takes off at a California test site in August. (Air Force) The U.S. Air Force plans to create independent squadrons for its future fleet of collaborative combat aircraft instead of adding ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Federal Police drone flies alongside an intercepted drone during a Federal Police presentation on drone defense. The Conference ...
The US Navy operates a handful of fixed-wing and rotary drones, but has kept them in support roles, avoiding a wholesale replacement of its manned forces. The US Navy is quietly integrating drone ...
Kamikaze' or one-way attack drones offer a compelling cost-to-effect ratio. The US has embraced this logic in its ongoing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The MQ-20 Avenger. (General Atomics) The live-flight exercise, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base in California, featured a human ...