U.S. Air Force just greenlit two robot fighter jets

Anduril wins US Air Force contract to produce FQ-44 at Ohio facility

Defense technology company Anduril Industries has secured a contract to produce FQ-44 semi-autonomous fighter aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Air Force just greenlit two robot fighter jets

Anduril Industries announced that the U.S. Air Force selected Anduril’s FQ-44, developed as the YFQ-44A prototype, for production under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, a Pentagon effort to field large numbers of semi-autonomous fighter-type drones designed to fly alongside crewed jets like the F-35. The Air Force’s decision arrived months ahead of the program’s original […]