The Air Force has been looking into what's possible with autonomous drones and how they can fight alongside advanced crewed ...

The Air Force’s YFQ-42A and YFQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones are now being mounted with missiles for aerial flight tests. The weapons are inert—for now.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a prototype contract to Honeywell covering the design of a lightweight engine for autonomous aircraft. The design will be an evolution of the company’s ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The advent of military technology is rapidly giving rise to new and much more dangerous weapons systems. The loyal wingman ...

Nearly two years after the Air Force chose General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to compete for its robot wingman concept, the Marine Corps is paying the company to supply a YFQ-42A to use as a ...

Over the past few years, a new term started gaining traction in the military world: loyal wingman. It's a term that describes one kind or another of autonomous drones that can fly alongside crewed ...