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, ...

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 Air Force’s YFQ-42A and YFQ-44 Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones are now being mounted with missiles for aerial flight ...

The Air Force has been looking into what's possible with autonomous drones and how they can fight alongside advanced crewed aircraft.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The advent of military technology is rapidly giving rise to new and much more dangerous weapons systems. The loyal wingman ...

What You Need to Know: Dassault Aviation announced the development of an unmanned aerial combat vehicle (UACV) to serve as a “loyal wingman” for its Rafale F5 omni-role jet fighter. Revealed during ...

The US Air Force's XQ-67A Loyal Wingman combat drone has taken to the air for the first time. Built by General Atomics using automotive design techniques, it promises to be a cheaper, more flexible ...

The Royal Australian Air Force has experimented with teaming drones up with piloted aircraft through its Loyal Wingman program, which uses Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat. The U.S. Air Force is interested in ...