Featured in Air Force Research LaboratoryBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareKratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be TransformativeThe U.S. Air Force has a classified program to field low-cost, attritable drones that can be used as “off-board sensing stations.” BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareBYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBlasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented SpeedsFor decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma. BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2020ShareOver A Dozen Companies Awarded Contracts For Air Force’s Skyborg Combat Drone ProgramThe U.S. Air Force is seeking to begin work on a drone using AI technologies before the end of the year. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor PodThere’s still no indication the service is looking to buy the jet, but the test could still be mutually beneficial. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage AirlinerPrivate contractors use a DC-3 to give the service’s engineers a “Lab-In-The-Sky” ahead of tests on an MQ-9 Reaper. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 29, 2018ShareNew Stealth Tanker Model Is Touted By Air Force Research Lab At Aviation ConferenceThere is no doubt that the USAF is getting more concerned over the vulnerability of their tanker fleet during a peer-state conflict. BYTyler RogowayJun 29, 2018Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021ShareKratos Says Secret “Off-Board Sensing Station” Unmanned Aircraft Will Be TransformativeThe U.S. Air Force has a classified program to field low-cost, attritable drones that can be used as “off-board sensing stations.” BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayAug 5, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021ShareAir Force Directed Energy Report Argues Defensive Force Fields May Be “Just On The Horizon”The Air Force Research Laboratory argues that we’ve hit a tipping point with directed energy technologies, bringing many science fiction concepts closer to reality. BYBrett TingleyJul 21, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021ShareSkyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger DroneThe Air Force’s Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system. BYBrett TingleyJun 30, 2021Share
BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020ShareBlasting The Air In Front Of Hypersonic Vehicles With Lasers Could Unlock Unprecedented SpeedsFor decades, the DoD has been researching a radical drag reduction technique that involves sheathing a vehicle in directed energy-induced plasma. BYBrett TingleyNov 27, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2020ShareOver A Dozen Companies Awarded Contracts For Air Force’s Skyborg Combat Drone ProgramThe U.S. Air Force is seeking to begin work on a drone using AI technologies before the end of the year. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareUSAF Uses Textron’s Scorpion Jet As the Latest Testbed for Its Modular Sensor PodThere’s still no indication the service is looking to buy the jet, but the test could still be mutually beneficial. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareThe USAF Tested an Advanced, Modular Sensor Pod on a Vintage AirlinerPrivate contractors use a DC-3 to give the service’s engineers a “Lab-In-The-Sky” ahead of tests on an MQ-9 Reaper. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 29, 2018ShareNew Stealth Tanker Model Is Touted By Air Force Research Lab At Aviation ConferenceThere is no doubt that the USAF is getting more concerned over the vulnerability of their tanker fleet during a peer-state conflict. BYTyler RogowayJun 29, 2018Share
