The U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair autonomous drones with manned fighter jets reached a concrete milestone when the YFQ-42A prototype completed flight testing designed to validate airworthiness, ...

A crewed US Air Force fighter and an uncrewed jet-powered aircraft flew together recently, communicating and showing how autonomous drones might fight in a future air war alongside human pilots. US ...

The Air Force’s YFQ-42A and YFQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones are now being mounted with missiles for aerial flight tests. The weapons are inert—for now. The United States Air Force ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The advent of military technology is rapidly giving rise to new and much more dangerous weapons systems. The loyal wingman ...

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating its wingman drone program. Updates on CCA names, software, weapons testing, and engines ...

The Marines have tapped one of the companies competing to build the Air Force’s drone wingman to help develop its own Corps-specific Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, a key element of its new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. General Atomics ran an autonomy test with a testbed drone and a US Air Force F-22 Raptor. The F-22 pilot commanded the MQ-20, a ...