Air Force offers federal land for private-sector AI data centers
Now available for “fair market value” are over 3,000 acres of land on five Air Force bases, two-thirds of it at Edwards AFB alone.
Air Force’s drone wingman program takes flight
General Atomics’s YFQ-42A drone conducted its first flight for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. A separate drone built by Anduril is expected to fly soon.
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In NDAA, Congress aims to move ball forward on solving drone incursion problem
The compromise version of the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, released on Saturday, includes several provisions aimed at improving the US military’s response to potential drone threats to its installations, including the creation of a counter-drone strategy.
F-35B test jet crashes in New Mexico, pilot ejects safely but sustains injuries
The crash occurred just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday after the jet took off from Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The aircraft was an F-35B test jet on its way to Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California.
In a ‘world first,’ DARPA project demonstrates AI dogfighting in real jet
“The potential for machine learning in aviation, whether military or civil, is enormous,” said Air Force Col. James Valpiani. “And these fundamental questions of how do we do it, how do we do it safely, how do we train them, are the questions that we are trying to get after.”
Air Force’s first T-7 touches down at Edwards AFB ahead of new test phase
“Like most test programs, we’ll have discovery and we’ll overcome it quickly,” said Air Force T-7A program lead Col. Kirt Cassell.
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COVID-19: F-35 Testing Suspended; Edwards AFB Flight Tests Halted
"As of yesterday, F-35 flight test organizations have ceased flight operations, but organizations that can continue verification activities via telework are continuing to do so," Brandi Schiff, JPO spokesman, said yesterday in an email.
Eye Candy: First F-35A Gun Test In Flight
Here’s the press release from the F-35 Joint Program Office about the first firing of the F-35A gun in flight. I’m recovering from eye surgery and can’t handle looking at my computer for very long. Apologies. “The F-35A Lightning II completed the first three airborne gunfire bursts from its internal Gun Airborne Unit (GAU)-22/A 25mm […]
F-35 And The Shuttle Endeavour: One Cool Pic For A Friday
There’s not much to say about this photo of an F-35A and the Space Shuttle Endeavour preparing for take-off on NASA’s specially modified 747. We’re not going to use the promotional stuff that the Lockheed Martin folks offered to describe this. But it’s such a fabulous photo we decided to share it with our readers. […]
X-47B Carrier Drone Passes Air Worthiness Tests; Carrier Takeoffs, Landings Next Year
WASHINGTON: The unmanned aircraft most likely to become the first to takeoff and land on aircraft carriers is moving to the next phase of testing, moving from Edwards Air Force Base to the Navy’s main operational test site at Patuxent River, Md. The X-47B, also known as the Navy’s UCAS-D, soared higher than 15,000 feet […]
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