Skyborg
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[update], contracts have been awarded to Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and Northrop Grumman.[2][3]
Development
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]- AVIC Dark Sword
- Baykar Bayraktar Kızılelma
- Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat, formerly the Boeing Airpower Teaming System
- Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie
- X-62A VISTA, formerly the NF-16D VISTA
References
[edit]- ↑ "Skyborg: the US Air Force's future AI fleet". Airforce Technology. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ "4 Companies Move Forward in Skyborg Competition". Air Force Magazine. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ Insinna, Valerie (2020-07-23). "Four companies win contracts to build the Air Force's Skyborg drone". Defense News. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- ↑ "Anduril acquires Blue Force Technologies/". Anduril.
- ↑ "Contracts for September 29, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ↑ "Contracts for December 21, 2020". U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
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