US UAV and UCAV Technology

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  • Integration of Firestorm's Tempest UAS into the AFWERX Prime Proving Ground, where it will serve as a versatile testbed for advanced autonomy, sensor payload experimentation, and robust communication architectures.
  • Targeted Research and Development supporting critical Air Force programs, including Adaptive Air Enterprise (A2E), to further enhance swarm capabilities and air-launched effects.
  • Development of interoperable robotic platforms to introduce complexity and unpredictability into adversarial planning processes while reducing operational risk for U.S. forces
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“Speed Racer” is one of Lockheed Martin’s modular, uncrewed aircraft ideas, shown here in concept artwork flying with an Air Force F-35. The ghostly outline suggests a decoy mission. It was developed under what the company says is a $100 million investment in “Project Carrera,” a suite of manned-unmanned teaming technologies.
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Source: Air & Space Forces, March-April 2024

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Photo: Lockheed Martin illustration
 
https://www.mitchellaerospacepower.org/podcast/cca-edge/
Understanding the CCA Edge: Innovators’ Insights
Posted on May 10, 2025

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) stand forth as one of the most important airpower developments of the twenty-first century. We learn more about CCA by talking to two of the people involved with developing and building them: Mike Atwood from General Atomics and Andrew “Scar” Van Timmeren of Anduril.

CCA’s ability to harness the traditional attributes of range, speed, survivability, and a broad range of mission effects with the power of autonomy, artificial intelligence, and manned-unmanned teaming will yield an incredibly powerful tool for airmen and the broader joint military enterprise. We explain this technological journey, explore where the program currently stands, and discuss the pathway for production, test, and initial operational fielding.
 
V-Bat troubled design and safety issues:

[...] Forbes found that for years, as Shield raised hundreds of millions of dollars from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and billionaire Thomas Tull’s USIT, its executives overlooked engineering issues and safety hazards that ultimately scuttled contract opportunities, according to former employees, internal documents and legal filings.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2025/05/13/shield-ai-navy-injury/
 
The drone completed a 63-mile autonomous mission while carrying a 10.6-pound payload, with two back-to-back 26-mile legs per battery—more than doubling the previous 11-mile record held by UAE-based BARQ. It did so through sustained 15 mph winds and gusts up to 32 mph, making SiFly the only air team to complete the full course.
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View: https://youtu.be/uZgMqXwFjPQ
 
GE & Kratos partnership plans to launch production in Oklahoma of their low cost turbofans rated at 3.6kN for one and probably twice that for the second, with a low 20+hrs of service life:

The company has invested $25 million in developing the new GEK production facility in Oklahoma, with construction scheduled to begin later this year.
Although the site will initially be focused on the GEK 800 and 1500 models, Rock says larger powerplants are also in the works.
“We certainly have anticipated a whole family of these strike engines that could be upwards of 3,000 to 6,000lb-thrust in the future as well,” Rock says.
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https://www.flightglobal.com/engine...all-strike-engines-in-oklahoma/163370.article
 

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