Unmanned Fighter Plays Wingman For F-22 Raptor Pilots In US Air Force Test

At a California test range, an advanced combat jet teamed up with next-gen technology in a flight that signals a dramatic ...

X-BAT Drone ‘Fighter’ Will Begin VTOL Flight Testing In Kansas This Year

Getting Shield AI's hugely ambitious X-BAT off the ground vertically and recovering it the same way is essential to its ...
Defense One

Air Force test pilots used tactical AI to evade a missile

The X-62A Vista is a modified version of the F-16D Fighting Falcon, used to test automation and artificial intelligence. In 2024, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in an X-62A piloted by Shield ...
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 ...
HeraldNet

Stress testing to delay Marines’ F-35 fighter

WASHINGTON — On-the-ground stress testing for the Marine Corps version of Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 jet may be halted for as long as a year after cracks were found in the aircraft’s bulkheads, ...
The Aviationist

YFQ-44A Test Vehicle Breaks Cover As USAF Starts Ground Testing of Collaborative Combat Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force announced the start of the ground testing of the YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A, and selected Beale AFB to host a CCA Aircraft Readiness Unit. The U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David ...