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UK defence champion BAE Systems is exploring opportunities to deepen collaboration with Japanese defence groups, including potential joint development of drones to fly alongside a next-generation fighter jet the two nations are building with Italy.
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The YFQ-42A is part of what General Atomics describes as a 'family' of unmanned wingman designs collectively dubbed Gambit. The company is pitching the unmanned aircraft as a centerpiece of its drone wingman strategy, including for foreign competitions like ones in Europe.
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Amid cornfields and horse farms 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Columbus, Ohio, the defence tech start-up is expecting its $1 billion Arsenal-1 autonomous systems manufacturing campus to employ more than 4,000 people over the next decade, starting with roughly 250 by the end of this year.
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Government Autonomy Starter Kit and MQ-20 Avenger Used to Support Autonomous Mission Execution and Cooperative Targeting for Future CCA Operations
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The UCCA can service kinetic and non-kinetic mission sets in several roles. For the German Air Force, Airbus and Kratos are initially focusing on a specific role to deliver credible combat air power on time and on target.
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Decoupling the airframe from the AI pilot means the Air Force will have not one but two decisions to make as it narrows the field of competitors in Increment 1 later this year. With two aircraft and two pilot systems, there are four possible combinations to choose from.
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The U.S. Air Force has established an Autonomy-Government Reference Architecture - essentially a baseline that separates flight from mission autonomy and gives contractors a common standard so that any mission software can plug and play with any aircraft and its flight software.
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Dark Merlin fits with other Air Force fighter names, such as Raptor (F-22), Eagle (F-15), and Fighting Falcon (F-16), in addition to the now-retired Nighthawk (F-117). The big exceptions: the F-35 Lightning II and the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
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The CCA program aims to deliver affordable, advanced semi-autonomous aircraft to complement and augment the Air Force's manned fighter fleet, to enhance operational flexibility and combat effectiveness in an increasingly complex and competitive global security environment.
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This demonstration highlighted the potential of CCAs to act as force multipliers for manned platforms, enabling collaboration between autonomous systems and human pilots. GA-ASI’s MQ-20 Avenger unmanned jet has served as a surrogate CCA for more than five years.
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Joint team will complete preliminary design of the GEK1500 engine to meet high performance and aggressive cost targets, leveraging GEK800 maturation to accelerate delivery.
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The Air Force is working with Collins Aerospace and Shield AI to develop to develop 'mission' autonomy software, which will allow CCAs to take complex action when given basic directions from a pilot in a manned aircraft.