Aurora & Boeing's Next X-Plane: A High-Speed Blended-Wing Stealth Transport That Won't Need A Runway
This is a separate project from JetZero's blended wing demonstrator intended as a military transport and refueling aircraft.
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‘F’ for fighter: Air Force combat drones get novel mission designation
It may just be symbolic, but we are telling the world we are leaning into a new chapter of aerial warfare," said Chief of ...
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Aurora moves into next design phase for DARPA vertical takeoff X-plane
DARPA is leaving it up to companies to decide whether their aircraft should be crewed, uncrewed or able to fly autonomously. Four companies - Boeing subsidiary Aurora, Bell Textron, Northrop ...
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USAF’s Combat Boss Pushes For More Private Red Air
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force should increase its use of contracted adversary aircraft to provide more training ...
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L3Harris Outlines Proposal To Increase EA-37B Fleet
AURORA, Colorado—The team of L3Harris, BAE Systems and Gulfstream have presented a proposal to Capitol Hill and the Pentagon ...
Air Force chief of staff says aging fleet 'not sustainable' ahead of budget cuts
The Air Force is facing an aging fleet and high maintenance requirements, at a time when global threats are rising and the ...
Shield AI's Hivemind Flies MQ-20 Avenger Autonomously at Orange Flag
Shield AI, the deep-tech company building state-of-the-art autonomy software and defense aircraft, today announced the successful demonstration of its autonomy software, Hivemind, flying a General ...