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.
By Theresa HitchensGray Eagle is the low-cost, low-risk answer to Army modernization
Gray Eagle STOL and Gray Eagle 25M are the best options for Army aviation as it assesses where to move from its current inflection point.
Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos, and Northrop Grumman won awards. Notably absent: Lockheed Martin.
By Theresa Hitchens
“We expect to report results in August, at the latest,” DARPA spokesperson Jared Adams told Breaking D.
By Theresa Hitchens
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.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I have mobilized the Department of the Air Force into a wartime acquisition posture,” said Roper. “We are at war with this virus.”
By Theresa Hitchens
The list includes 12 additional F-35s, and funding to speed development of the GPS anti-jam M-Code signal.
By Theresa Hitchens 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.
By Theresa Hitchens
BAE Systems’ LR-PGK: The Superior Anti-Jam Solution
Going the distance to defeat emerging jam threats.
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…
By Theresa Hitchens 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.”
By Theresa Hitchens In this video, Steve Fendley, president of Kratos’ unmanned systems division, reveals details about the Valkyrie and its capabilities.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. 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.
By Colin Clark
