What happens when a fighter no longer goes to work alone? The answer is beginning to reshape the logic of air combat. “Loyal wingman” drones, now formalized in U.S. Air Force terminology as ...

The U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair autonomous drones with manned fighter jets reached a concrete milestone when the YFQ-42A prototype completed flight testing designed to validate airworthiness, ...

Boeing's Loyal Wingman prototype combat drone reached a new milestone as two of the autonomous aircraft took to the skies recently in separate flights over the Woomera Range Complex in Australia. This ...

At a California test range, an advanced combat jet teamed up with next-gen technology in a flight that signals a dramatic ...

Military pilots have a habit of going out on missions in pairs or small groups. That's because no matter the mission ahead, it's always easier for the lead pilot to see it through with friends around.

Australia is not exactly the place people usually associate with aircraft making, and for a good reason. Over the past half a century, not a single military aircraft was designed there. That changed ...

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WASHINGTON — The US Army is planning to demonstrate a host of combat vehicles in the role of robotic wingmen in 2017 at Fort Benning, Georgia, as it prepares to enter an official program of record in ...