Defense One

Air Force’s drone wingmen have started flying with weapons

The Air Force began captive carry evaluations in February, strapping inert munitions to Anduril’s prototype drone wingman. The weapons have not yet been fired, the service said in a statement, ...
The Aviationist

Here’s Our First Look At The YFQ-44A Fury Fighter Drone Carrying An AIM-120 Missile

The YFQ-44A has carried out its first captive carry evaluations with an inert AIM-120 AMRAAM missile as the U.S. Air Force entered the weapons integration ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Avengers assemble: F-22 Raptor successfully commands autonomous MQ-20 drone in flight

The U.S. Air Force has advanced its push toward autonomous air combat teaming with ...
University of California, Davis

Bird Flight Research Advances Drone Technology and Wild Raptor Care

UC Davis’ new Center for Animal Flight and Innovation studies raptor flight. Researchers use high-speed cameras to improve ...