Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing Co and Northrop Grumman Corp are expected to compete for the Next Generation Air Dominance program, which will replace Lockheed's F-22 Raptor with a fighter built to battle alongside drones. Boeing, Lockheed and Northrop did not immediately respond t...
Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, commander of 9th Air Force in the Middle East, said three of the U.S. drones were operating over Syria after 10:30 a.m. local time, on a mission against the Islamic State group which was not detailed, when three of the Russian aircraft "began harassing the...
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The little known story of how a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper shot down another drone with a heat seeking missile March 29, 2019 The use of drones has changed the way the U.S. and its competitors conduct combat operations. Yet despite the broad capabilities touted by America’s varied drone...
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Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets, which have included Western military vessels. The group has maintained that they target ships linked to Israel, the U.S. or the United Kingdom to ...
Although it’s still early, likely features that will define sixth-generation fighters will include multipurpose, reconfigurable radars, pilotless combat drones that act as robotic wingmen, and adaptive cycle engines that can optimize for speed or fuel efficiency at the press of a button. ...
The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet of more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later this spring its top civilian leader plans to climb into one of thoseartificial intelligence-operatedwarplanes and let it take him airborn...
This year’s show opens a day after thePeople’s Liberation ArmyAir Force marks its 75th anniversary. Fighter jets and attack drones took centre stage with the air force debuting some of its most advanced weapons, including the J-35A medium-sized stealth fighter, the HQ-19 surface-to-air...
The U.S. Air Force is allocating nearly $20 billion over five years to develop the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet, the replacement for the F-22 Raptor. NGAD will include not only a manned plane, but unmanned fighter-like drones, too. The U.S. will also buy more NGAD ...