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• Ricardo Meier
In a flight demonstration, an F-22 pilot sent tactical commands to Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury, whose onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed them. The test advances the U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair crewed fighters with semi-autonomous aircraft; one account says the service targets 500 combat-ready aircraft by 2032.
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In a flight demonstration, an F-22 pilot sent tactical commands to Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury, whose onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed them. The test advances the U.S. Air Force’s effort to pair crewed fighters with semi-autonomous aircraft; one account says the service targets 500 combat-ready aircraft by 2032.
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The FAA is negotiating a potential ownership stake in Air Space Intelligence, developer of the Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories (SMART) system, according to reports. The agency’s use of AI, alongside air traffic controller staffing shortages, has prompted House Democrats to raise safety concerns and seek an oversight review.
Internal NASA documents and meeting recordings show agency officials pressing to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming AI as “super intelligence.” The changes are affecting NASA communications and digital systems, while employees have raised concerns about the pace and pressure behind the effort.
The Army is in the early stages of developing and testing a wearable or lightweight device intended to alert soldiers to the presence of hostile drones. The effort focuses on giving troops a portable detection capability, though no technical details or program schedule were provided.
Bell has completed key assembly milestones on the first MV-75 Cheyenne II for the U.S. Army, whose tiltrotor is in low-rate production and is intended to add speed, range and a digital, modular architecture. Separate reporting describes a demonstration of the MQ-72C cargo helicopter drone for the Army, alongside Marine Corps interest.
President Donald Trump announced plans for a Montana facility intended to test autonomous weapons, space and electronic-warfare technologies, as well as supersonic and hypersonic systems. The articles also point to broader Kratos and Department of War investment in testing infrastructure, including radar sustainment and hypersonic thermal-protection evaluation.
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ANRA Technologies has introduced VISTA, a receive-only application that displays nearby drone activity using information from UAS traffic management services. It is intended to give public safety agencies and commercial drone operators a shared airspace picture without requiring changes to existing aircraft or flight software.
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