US UAV and UCAV Technology

Wouldn't a more accurate image be: DoD/defense contractors->AviationWeek/recorded conference on YouTube->SP->TWZ->SB? Because 99% of the information posted on here is just others reposting official public releases from the DoD, defense contractors, or someone's leg work at AW. There are maybe like 2 people on this whole site that actually post stuff they, themselves, FOIA'd. People on here think WAYYYY too highly of themselves for doing the exact same things TWZ and SB do...
 
https://aviationweek.com/defense/ai...der-sees-disconnect-us-air-force-cca-planning
Honeywell Aerospace is in the mix on both sides, having been selected to develop the Skyshot 1600 as a small engine for CCA use while also pitching its already available 6,000-lb.-thrust F124. Matt Milas, Honeywell Aerospace’s president of defense and space, tells Aviation Week that there have been shifting requirements for the next increment “so we’re adjusting to what the Air Force is looking for.
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“There’s a lot of interest from the airframers to get more thrust than what the Air Force is talking about,” he says. “We’re hearing more on the 6-8,000 lb. of thrust, whereas the Air Force is targeting a bit less, and they’re more focused on fuel consumption.

“Whereas you can get thrust that you need to carry the payloads and go the range and just add a little bit more fuel. You can solve that at the airframe level rather than redesigning an engine to meet a target, you know, thrust-specific fuel consumption,” he said.

Developing a new system will obviously take time, and Milas says the airframers are focused on what is reliable and available now to meet an aggressive schedule.

“That’s where I’m seeing a little bit of that disconnect between what the Air Force is doing for Increment 2 versus what the airframers are looking for,” he says.
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Air Force reviewing 'small thrust' drone engine designs from three vendors this month​

https://insidedefense.com/daily-new...rust-drone-engine-designs-three-vendors-month
The Air Force is planning to wrap up by the end of September the preliminary design review phase of its small engine competition , which could power the next Collaborative Combat Aircraft or other unmanned platforms, a service spokesperson confirmed to Inside Defense . Just three vendors -- Kratos' Florida Turbine Technologies in partnership with GE Aerospace, Honeywell International and Pratt & Whitney -- are under consideration for the PDR, the Air Force spokesperson said.
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Kratos/GE Team Launches Testing On First F143 Cruise Missile Engine​

https://aviationweek.com/defense/mi...ches-testing-first-f143-cruise-missile-engine
The F143-ZZ-100 engine is being developed as a second source to the Williams International F107 turbofan as the U.S. military plans to buy up to 11,200 copies of the Lockheed Martin AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) and AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) over the next five years.
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Serial Number 1 of the engine, also known as the GEK800, was fired up recently inside the X-58 test facility in San Diego. The initial test verified the F143 architecture, the companies said.
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