Skyborg

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The Skyborg project is a United States Air Force Vanguard program developing unmanned combat aerial vehicles intended to accompany a manned fighter aircraft. [1] As of 2020, contracts have been awarded to Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and Northrop Grumman. [2] [3]

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Development

On September 29, 2020, the US Air Force contracted nine corporations (AeroVironment, Autonodyne LLC, BAE Systems, Blue Force Technologies (since purchased by Anduril [4] ), Fregata Systems LLC, Lockheed Martin, NextGen Aeronautic, Sierra Technical Services, and Wichita State University) to work on Skyborg prototyping and experimentation. [5] On December 21, 2020, Voly Defense Solutions LLC of Concord, California, was added to the contract. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Skyborg: the US Air Force's future AI fleet". Airforce Technology. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  2. ↑ "4 Companies Move Forward in Skyborg Competition". Air Force Magazine. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  3. ↑ Insinna, Valerie (2020-07-23). "Four companies win contracts to build the Air Force's Skyborg drone". Defense News. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  4. ↑ "Anduril acquires Blue Force Technologies/". Anduril.
  5. ↑ "Contracts for September 29, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  6. ↑ "Contracts for December 21, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
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