Collective combat aircraft for NGAD study due next month

By Jason Sherman / September 1, 2022 at 1:06 PM
An influential Pentagon advisory panel is readying recommendations on uncrewed, intelligent combat aircraft that can fight semi-autonomously alongside piloted weapon systems, specifically technologies and concepts of operation needed for swarming, attritable capabilities to support the Air Force's vision for next-generation air dominance. The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is slated to present findings next month on a fiscal year 2022 study, “Collaborative Combat Aircraft for Next Generation Air Dominance,” an effort conducted this summer that is examining potential concepts of...

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