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Two days before this year's ceremony, in a somber annual event that prepares the grounds for Memorial Day, cadets from the Air Force Junior ROTC unit at Fort Walton Beach High School will place flowers on the graves of the more than 1,600 U.S. military veterans laid to rest at Beal Memorial. The cadets also will be on hand to assist with the May 31 ceremony. In addition to honoring the nation's troops who died in war and the local veterans who have passed away in the past year, this year's Memorial Day observance will include recognition of those held as prisoners of war or listed as missing...

Skyborg ACS starts AAAx flight testing 17 May 2021 by Richard Scott The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Skyborg Vanguard team has completed initial flight tests of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard a Kratos Unmanned Systems Division UTAP-22 Mako tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Under Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation (AAAx) campaign, the ACS performed a series of foundational behaviours necessary to characterise safe system operation. Three flight tests were conducted from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, between 29 April and 5 May. The first tes...

The US Air Force has flight tested the Skyborg combat drone's Autonomy Core System for the first time. The "brain" of the autonomous Skyborg was installed in a Kratos UTAP-22 tactical uncrewed vehicle, and carried out a two-hour-and-10-minute flight.

autoevolution 14 May 2021, 13:24 UTC · by We’re getting dangerously close to the moment when aircraft with pilots on board will be fighting alongside drones. And we don’t mean those "dumb" drones that still need a pilot, even if miles away, to go about their business. No, we’re talking about AI drones, the kind that can make decisions on their own. 1 photo At the beginning of the month, defense contractor Kratos and the 96th Test Wing from the Eglin Air Force Base conducted a series of exercises with something they call the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS). Mounted onboard a UT...

F-15E Fighter Jets Can Now Be Loaded With Twice as Many JASSM Missiles 13 May 2021, 13:55 UTC · by 6 photos It all started with a problem. Earlier this year, during a Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC), expert tacticians were analyzing whether a formation of fighter jets would be more effective than a single bomber, in carrying Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) for missions in highly-contested environments. This way, the size of the strike package could be reduced and risks would be distributed. But the problem was that a fighter jet can only carry maximum two JASSMs....