Northrop Grumman’s Beacon program reveals a new approach to autonomous air combat, combining real world flight testing, ...

Boeing’s MQ-28A Ghost Bat is moving from concept to combat relevance, with the uncrewed aircraft now preparing to launch an AIM-120 AMRAAM in a live-fire test that will mark a decisive step in ...

Pilots aboard an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15E Strike Eagle each controlled two XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft in an air combat training scenario. In a groundbreaking test which has been ...

At Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, a test bed for a new kind of air force, Major Trent McMullen is a fighter pilot learning to fly alongside the XQ-58, a drone piloted by artificial intelligence.

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for the piston-engine battles of World War II suddenly faced jet fighters that ...

Although designed and designated as a bomber, the B-21 Raider can more usefully be thought of as a stealthy, networked, long-range aircraft capable of employing a considerable payload of large weapons ...

The US Air Force (USAF) plans to integrate a new augmented reality technology into some of its operational Lockheed Martin F-16 fighters. Developed by Florida-based start-up Red 6, the helmet-mounted ...