The US Air Force has selected Anduril Industries, a US autonomous systems start-up, as one of five vendors to develop CCAs.
All five companies are working on prototypes of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) that can partner on reconnaissance or strike missions with crewed fighters and other UAS. A software-based autonomy core system will control the uncrewed CCAs through most decisions, with a human "on-the-loop" to ...
ASRC Federal president and CEO Jennifer Felix said: “We are privileged to continue supporting base operations services at Vance Air Force Base, furthering our commitment to the US Air Force and its critical missions. “Every day, our skilled and dedicated team works to maintain vital base ope...
During testing, the X-45s quickly proved they could not only fly together as a single formation with a high level of autonomy, but that they could strike targets while doing so. By early 2005, the pair were executing mock combat missions as a single integrated unit. As testing...
“Overall, our partners flew more than 90 missions and we were able to ramp up international sorties during the final phase of the exercise to maximise training for our partners who have travelled across the world to train with us.”