NAVAIR is planning to acquire Active Expendable Decoys with a 2″x1″x8″ form factor from Leonardo UK, hinting at the system being the BriteCloud 218 countermeasure. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) will soon negotiate and award a contract to Leonardo UK for up to 6,000 Active Expendable Decoy (AED) to equip the U.S. Navy’s […]
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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 defined as “a major leap in human-machine teaming,” the U.S. Air Force recently demonstrated the ability to have multiple autonomous collaborative platforms (ACPs) flying […]
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