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Air Force Tankers Will Soon Be Able to Share Data With F-35 and F-22 Fighters The service plans to employ a number of KC-46 tanker aircraft equipped with a pod filled with communications equipment that could translate between the two waveforms.   Soon the United States Air Force’s Boeing KC-46 aerial refueling tankers will be outfitted with new equipment that will enable it to serve as a node in the service’s new Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). The system is the Department of the Air Force’s contribution to the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), a Depa...

Air Force U-2 Spy Plane Can Send Target Data to F-22s and F-35s This real-time capability will make U.S. warplanes into a faster and more deadly force with quicker reaction times. Imagine a scenario where a U-2 spy plane were flying at unparalleled high altitudes and, as part of its mission, wound up spotting a group of enemy fighter jets or even a mechanized armored vehicle ground column. Just how fast could that spy plane get targeting information to fifth-generation fighter jets or ground commanders in position to attack?  In this kind of circumstance, target coordinates, mapping, speed a...

By Garrett Reim2021-02-25T20:30:00+00:00 The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to flight test its Skyborg autonomous aircraft technology during Orange Flag exercises this summer for the first time. The AFRL has previously said tests would take place in July 2021. Participation in the Orange Flag exercises was previously undisclosed. Source: US Air Force The Skyborg programme remains in early development ,Brigadier General Heather Pringle, commander of AFRL, said during a press conference at the Air Force Association’s Aerospace Warfare Symposium on 24 February. “The Skyborg ca...