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 ...
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, ...
FLYING Magazine

Autonomous Air Force Fighter Drones Are Being Put to the Test

The two aircraft selected by the branch for testing and evaluation under the first CCA phase or “increment”—General Atomics’ ...
AeroTime

US Air Force tests F-22 control of MQ-20 drone in collaborative combat exercise

The US Air Force has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming between an F-22 fighter and an MQ-20 Avenger drone during a live ...
Janes

EnforceTac 26: ParaZero displays anti-drone net launcher

Israeli company ParaZero Technologies Ltd presented its DefendAir Personal Net Gun at the EnforceTac 2026 defence exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, held from 23 to ...
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 ...