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In a strategic move to further modernize and bolster its military capabilities, the United States Department of Defense's reignition of the Fifth Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) project is set to revolutionize military training, weapon evaluation, and test events by developing a cost-effective aerial target that replicates advanced adversary combat jets, thus maintaining American dominance in an ever-evolving global security landscape.

The prototype could be used for flight testing of fifth-generation fighters.

By Garrett Reim2021-01-22T00:50:00+00:00 The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation’s (DOT&E’s) stealthy Fifth-Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) was lost to an in-flight mishap in October. A safety investigation is underway to determine the cause of the prototype unmanned air vehicle mishap, the DOT&E says in its 2020 annual report to the US Congress. Source: Sierra Technical 5GAT rendering The drone is disposable and is intended to be used for target practice. It is designed to mimic the low-radar cross section of adversaries’ stealth aircraft. In recent years, Russia has introduced...