Project Talon Portfolio puts mission autonomy at the center of future CCA operations
Truly autonomous aircraft can make decisions without continuous human input.
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Northrop Grumman’s Talon IQ testbed hot-swaps AI brains mid-flight
“While the aircraft was flying, the software was queued up so that we could have different companies’ behaviors take control of the platform and fly [it]," said Dan Salluce, Northrop’s senior director for aerospace systems.
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Project Talon: Northrop unveils new loyal wingman drone design
"The idea was to see if we could build an aircraft that had all the same capability of our original offering [for the Air Force's CCA program], and do it faster,” said Tom Jones, Northrop's head of aeronautic systems.