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The Air Force plans to field at least 500 semi-autonomous fighter drones known as Collaborative Combat Aircraft by 2032, and another 500 cheap reconnaissance and strike drones known as Massed Modular Aircraft that same year, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 14.
Within two years, the Air Force will establish a new career field focused on defending American air bases worldwide.
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"Vengeance" and "Fury" are now the names of the U.S. Air Force FQ-42A and FQ-44A, Secretary Troy Meink said Monday while announcing a new production goal.
Swarm Aero's Gamera is designed to be inexpensive but pack major range and the ability to be adapted to many missions beyond standoff strike.
SNC will continue moving forward with its Freedom trainer offering for the Undergraduate Jet Training System program.
500 CCAs is a step up from recently stated USAF plans, and the service also now wants 500 more new drones to succeed its MQ-9s.
NATO allies could hold drills near Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave in an attempt to push Moscow to draw troops from Ukraine, Poland's top diplomat proposed.
The system was pursued via a U.S. Special Operations Command CRADA with Leidos.
Troy Meink didn’t elaborate on what “weapons” the US deployed, but revealed new info on other space and unmanned Air Force programs.
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The meeting comes at a tense time in the U.S.-South Korean alliance, with Seoul in no position to turn down a U.S. request for help, according to analysts.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed Sept. 14 the Space Force has “space control weapons” on orbit today—the Pentagon’s most direct acknowledgement to date that the U.S. is operating offensive capabilities in space.
“We can’t devote C-130s and C-17s to do a lot of these little shuttle missions,” said retired Maj. Gen. Kyle Kremer, a Merlin advisor.
The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons.
The guidance on “Accelerated Mission Software” was signed by DOD CIO Kirsten Davies on Aug. 31 and went into effect Sept. 8.
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
General Atomics’ platform is now known as the FQ-42A Vengeance, while Anduril’s has been officially designated the FQ-44A Fury, SECAF Troy Meink said Monday.
The multibillion-dollar deals comes as the domestic and global demand for Patriot interceptors far outpaces the supply.
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DroneShield today announced the expansion of its open counter-drone architecture to include AIM Defence’s Fractl high-power laser effector, extending its … mehr...
With four Gladius reconnaissance-strike battery fire modules already delivered, the Polish WB Group unveiled at MSPO a series of new
Swarm Aero said its Gamera design will deliver more capabilities than the MQ-9 Reaper at a fraction of the cost.
The French DGA has launched a formal tender for embarked, long-endurance surface drones to support French Navy ISR missions, but the technical requirements for the USV are quite challenging.
“What we’ve done cuts against the conventional wisdom,” Swarm co-founder and chief revenue officer Oliver Palmer told Breaking Defense. “And what we’ve done instead is create a very simple, non-stealthy aircraft that’s optimized for extreme range.”
The Sukhoi Su-57E performed at EIAS26 on all three days of the show. Every morning the export version of the
China’s military will get every possible resource from the home front if needed during a war, according to a change in the law to take effect in October.
Patria has signed an agreement to deliver the Patria MUSCL passive radar system to an undisclosed European NATO member country.
Morocco is planning to acquire additional Israeli-made defence systems, according to Israeli sources, as defence cooperation between the two countries … mehr...
First unveiled at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris, Metravib Defence’s Piton system is continuing its international tour at MSPO 2026 in