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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...

NurPhotoGetty Images The two fifth-generation fighters have different communications links, so until now, they couldn actually “talking” to one another. The U-2’s role will eventually be taken over by high-flying drones. One of the oldest airplanes in the U.S. Air Force has picked up a critical new mission: serve as a flying translator for two of the youngest planes. Although the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are among the most advanced fighter jets in the world, they have two different communications systems, which means they can’t communicate with each other. That’s...

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...

Air Force officials say the stealthy-looking Valkyrie could be configured for both surveillance and attack missions. Here's What You Need To Remember: The aircraft already coordinate with drones to some extent - but the key difference is that, for the first time, they can be controlled through the aircraft itself, rather than relaying instructions through ground crews. The U.S. Air Force’s “loyal wingman” plan for piloted fighter jets to control nearby drones took a large step forward recently. On December 9, a rocket-launched Valkyrie drone took off with an F-22 and F-35 together, a...

Due on Inauguration Day: An acquisition strategy for the Air Force’s next-gen battle management system January 12 Tech. Sgt. John Rodiguez provides security with a Ghost Robotics Vision 60 prototype at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on Sept. 1, 2020. (Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System effort is a program like no other: a complicated and sometimes confusing web of communications, IT and artificial intelligence systems that the ser...