Lockheed's latest Loyal Wingman test let unmanned F-16 chart its own path

By Rachel Cohen / April 14, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Lockheed Martin and the Air Force last month tested the next phase of manned-unmanned teaming technology that will shape the service's Loyal Wingman effort, and a company official told Inside the Air Force this week they plan to launch more demonstrations later this year. In an April 11 phone interview, Renee Pasman, Lockheed's mission systems roadmap director, and Shawn Whitcomb, Loyal Wingman program manager for Lockheed's Skunk Works team, described the two-week "Have Raider II" demonstration with the Edwards Air...

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