US UAV and UCAV Technology

“It’s a show me culture,” Hicks said of Pentagon innovation. “Show me you’ll put your reputation on the line to make change happen, and then maybe it’ll make change happen”

It will take real DoD development ie risk to evolve beyond the toy garbage being thrown at these ineptiphides. again who is running this asylum?



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Replicator gets $200 million in newly released defense spending bill

The number is far less than Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks predicted earlier this month but may hint at a two-track funding approach.
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US drones faring poorly in Ukraine conflict – WSJ

American producers of small military drones have failed to impress in the Ukraine conflict, the Wall Street Journal has reported
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WSJ: Small US-made drones perform poorly in Ukraine

Drone company executives, Ukrainian officials, and former U.S. defense officials said that U.S.-made unmanned aircraft are often expensive, glitchy, and difficult to repair.
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Breaking: Anduril and General Atomics are selected to continue building the Air Force's first increment of Collaborative Combat Aircraft

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The two companies beat Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for the program. A production decision is expected in FY2026
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The award is a huge win for up-start Anduril. GA-ASI has a long track record of providing uncrewed systems for the Air Force. Boeing/LH/NG are able to compete for the upcoming second increment
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GA-ASI says its CCA design is based on its XQ-67A Off-Board Sensing Station it developed for AFRL
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I’m a little surprised at Anduril making this cut. They are really punching above their weight given the competition.
 
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Josh_TN said:
I’m a little surprised at Anduril making this cut. They are really punching above their weight given the competition.
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Honestly, me too. Their offer seemed inferior, although I do't have much info on what it really was. And they haven't rolled the drone out yet, have they?

It's nice to see some kind of competition for a change.

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I think our DoD really want to diversify. Keeps the fund flowing for the smaller companies knowing that the big boys will internally fund to keep competitive edge for Increment 2
 
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I think our DoD really want to diversify. Keeps the fund flowing for the smaller companies knowing that the big boys will internally fund to keep competitive edge for Increment 2
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I agree, but there are other increments to the CCA buy and USAF has been clear that it will on ramp other manufacturers at the drop of a hat. Anduril must of actually had an impressive product or process to make the cut, given their size. Kratos was not even one of the original five despite being a OSINT favorite to be involved, and both the USAF and Kratos say that they will be involved in Incr 2.

But yes, broadly the CCA program seems to be somewhat concerned with increasing production and capacity of lower end non prime (or previously non prime) companies. For that matter, the proliferated warfighter constellation (they really need a much better name for that) also seems to be spreading their contracts across non traditional companies as a way to generate more production in the short term and grow the industry's production capacity in the long term. I am a fan. Anduril might have shown enough promise that someone decided to grow the business for the sake of future contracts.
 
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Full circle to V-1.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijrTTAZP1zg

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Pulsejet Drone Flies, Could Have Big Impact On Cost Of Future Weapons

The pulsejet-powered Scitor-D reflects growing interest in low-cost, high-performance engines for decoys, one-way attack drones, and more.
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Airframe looks like one of the large scale A-10 R/C models. Interesting it looks like it belly landed at that end of the video. The follow up video with the sailplane testbed is a Schreder HP-14 all metal sailplane. Haven't seen one of those in years....

Thanks for the link - Mark
 
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