Breaking Defense launches a new video series focused on manned-unmanned teaming and the future of military aviation.

PARIS (Reuters) -Defence heavyweights and emerging military tech firms used the Paris Airshow to showcase cutting-edge drones known as "wingmen" - uncrewed aircraft designed to fly alongside ...

In 2024, a research team led by Professor Zhang Dong at China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University — one of China’s ...

Only time will tell if the Su-57/S-70 combination will represent the level of threat Moscow would like to purport. Summary: The U.S. Air Force and Navy are collaborating on a “Collaborative Combat ...

The XQ-58 Valkyrie represents a new generation of unmanned combat aircraft designed to fly alongside fighter jets as a loyal ...

Anduril will soon start making its robot drone wingman offering for the Air Force at its new Ohio factory months ahead of schedule, a company official told Defense One in an exclusive interview. The ...

Adapting “loyal wingman” drones to helicopters is a fundamentally different challenge than adopting them to planes, as helicopters are far slower and operate at significantly lower altitudes. The ...

An artist's rendering of Lockheed Martin's newly announced Vectis aircraft, a Group 5 collaborative combat aircraft, or "loyal wingman" system.Lockheed Martin A US defense giant behind top stealth ...

China and the USA are racing to develop unmanned wingman drone fighter jets. Those will form mixed manned and unmanned fighter jets with fighter superdrones. China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier with ...