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U.S. Air Force R&D program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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[update], contracts have been awarded to Boeing, General Atomics, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems and Northrop Grumman.[2][3]
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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See also
- 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
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