Loyal Wingman: Watch Australia Military Aircraft's First Flight. Boeing’s new Loyal Wingman drone has completed its first flight in the Australian outback.The aircraft is designed to accompany fighter jets into combat.
The drone is also the first domestically produced Australian military aircraft in more than 50 years. Last weekend, Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force reached an important milestone deep in the Outback: the maiden flight of the first new military aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia in more than half a century. Navy’s newest unmanned helicopter arrives at Norfolk. For 21 years, Petty Office 1st Class Timothy Egner has served his country by diving from helicopters and swimming through dangerous waters to rescue aviators and sailors.
Recently, though, as a helicopter aircrewman, he’s been picking up a new skill. That’s because this week, his Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 became the first on the East Coast to supplement its MH-60 Seahawks with drones — the latest, delivered this week, is basically a Bell 407 helicopter that flies by remote control. Egner’s job on the new MQ-8C Fire Scout will be operating its radar and “multi-spectrum targeting system” — a souped-up camera that reads light, heat and electrical signals to pinpoint anything of military interest. Boeing unveils first loyal wingman combat drone prototype with artificial intelligence.
Boeing has presented the prototype of a unmanned loyal wingman aircraft to the royal australian air force. the drone, which employs artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in australia in more than 50 years and marks the company’s largest investment in an unmanned aircraft outside the US. images courtesy of boeing more than 35 members of australian industry are supporting prototype work across four australian states. with a global market demand for highly capable but extremely affordable unmanned aircraft, boeing applied company-wide innovation to achieve those goals. the aircraft was engineered using a digital twin to model its structures, systems, capabilities and full life-cycle requirements; manufactured with boeing’s largest-ever resin-infused single composite piece; and assembled using proven advanced manufacturing processes.
The U.S. Air Force Will Invest in Low-Cost, Disposable Warplanes. U.S.
Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Randolph Abaya The U.S. Air Force plans to field a mix of manned and unmanned tactical aircraft--think fighters--in the near future.Unmanned aircraft are cheap and can also take risks manned aircraft cannot.A mix of manned and unmanned warplanes could help the Air Force field the numbers and lethality it wants to win future wars. The U.S. Air Force officials, in comments made at the 2019 Defense News conference, stated that one of the technologies it was investing it was “low-cost, single use aircraft”. The U.S. That’s about to change.
Unmanned aircraft offer a way out of the growing cost spiral. Russia showcases stunning Sukhoi super high tech Fighter Jets. Video has emerged of Russia’s new heavy drone Okhotnik (‘Hunter’) flying alongside a fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jet.
The first test flight of the kind, it showcased the formidable team formed by the two futuristic aircraft. Spectacular moments from the 30-minute test mission were captured in a video released by the Defense Ministry. It showed the aircraft taking off and traversing the skies just meters away from each other. World's first "flap-free" aircraft maneuvered by blown air takes flight. Unmanned F-16 demos combat mission capabilities alongside manned aircraft.
It seems like unmanned combat aircraft are coming at us from two different directions.
While some aerospace companies are building prototype combat drones, others are converting retired fighters to act as unmanned testbeds. Now Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the US Air Force Test Pilot School, and Calspan Corporation have collaborated to demonstrate how an autonomous F-16 can team up with manned aircraft during air-to-ground strike missions. The first converted F-16s were produced by Boeing in 2013, and now Lockheed is using the surrogate Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) in aerial combat exercises to demonstrate how autonomous fighters can plan and execute air-to-ground strike missions. It was required to adapt to its mission priorities and what assets it has available, react to threats during an air-to-ground strike mission, deal with equipment malfunctions and communications failures, and rapidly accept new software components.
Autonomous rescue aircraft makes its first flight. Unmanned Hueys Are Coming. Remote-controlled helicopters for resupply enter new phase of development.
In the future, when Marines at forward operating bases call for resupply, the Huey that greets them may be empty. On Thursday, Aurora Flight Sciences announced that they would be putting their Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System, or TALOS, unmanned helicopter piloting system on a UH-1H helicopter, part of the Navy’s Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, or ACCUS, program. ACCUS seeks an open-architecture system that can be retrofitted onto any helicopter to allow for easy unmanned flying. An operator with just 15 minutes of training is supposed to be able to steer the helicopter via a tablet PC.
Aurora has already tested their TALOS technology on a Boeing H-6U Unmanned Little Bird and on three manned Bell 206 aircraft. “The arrival of a Huey as our third test platform frames a key point for future customers: the TALOS system is platform-agnostic. Subscribe Receive daily email updates: