Lockheed Martin Joins The Skyborg Fray With Phase 2 Award
Lockheed Martin's award means that all three big defense primes with deep ties to the Air Force now are in the running for Skyborg.
Air Force Chooses Four Contractors To Compete For Skyborg Drone
Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos, and Northrop Grumman won awards. Notably absent: Lockheed Martin.
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The uncrewed revolution: MQ-9B and Gambit Series forge a path to regional air dominance
The MQ-9B and Gambit Series represent parallel capabilities that address global challenges for security head-on.
DARPA Gremlins: Drone Test Back On After COVID Delay
"We expect to report results in August, at the latest," DARPA spokesperson Jared Adams told Breaking D.
ABMS In Trouble: Rep. Smith Wants $85M Cut
The MQ-9 Reaper drone is the big winner in the 2021 NDAA markup by HASC Chair Adam Smith, receiving a whopping $108 million increase above the $29.5 million request.
COVID-19: Roper Stands Up Task Force To Assist Industrial Base
"I have mobilized the Department of the Air Force into a wartime acquisition posture," said Roper. "We are at war with this virus."
Skyborg Prototype Tops Air Force $3.2B Unfunded Priority List; 12 F-35s Too
The list includes 12 additional F-35s, and funding to speed development of the GPS anti-jam M-Code signal.
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Streamcaster Nexus: Empowering the connected soldier at the tactical edge
On today’s battlefield, mobility isn’t optional - it’s mission-critical.
Valkyrie Back In The Air With Successful Flight Test
The Valkyrie is the only drone to have flown with the Skyborg AI wingman package -- but the Air Force isn't ruling out the eventual use of another drone.
60 Days To Build Cloud; Underpins AI Push: Roper
AFA 2019: Multi Domain Operations are all about the “connective tissue,” as the Air Force rushes to test and field its building blocks, says Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper. Even after a full day of interviews and meetings, Roper’s enthusiasm for transforming the Air Force into a “software company” remains undimmed, as you can […]
EXCLUSIVE Air Force To Upgrade ABMS Every 4 Months: Roper
The ultimate goal of ABMS, Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper enthused, is to "build a family of systems" and "create something that feels like the Internet of Things for the Air Force."
Details On Kratos’ Loyal Wingman, The Valkyrie
In this video, Steve Fendley, president of Kratos' unmanned systems division, reveals details about the Valkyrie and its capabilities.
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Meeting Zero Trust goals while maintaining information dominance
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
US ‘Loyal Wingman’ Takes Flight: AFRL & Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie
A single F-35 could have a flock of "loyal wingman" drones to carry weapons, jam radars, and if need be take a hit and die to save their human commander.