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Anduril’s Fury fires its first air-to-air missile, and the drone wingman era just grew teeth

Anduril’s FQ-44A Fury has crossed the line from ambitious prototype to armed combat aircraft, and the Pentagon now has to ...
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America’s F-16 'Venom' AI-piloted drone is moving toward reality

DARPA envisions the “VENOM” program as a plugin for existing F-16 fighter jets, allowing pilots to toggle on AI as an autopilot to free up attention for other tasks.
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Electric aircraft advance as Vertical Aerospace plans first public eVTOL flight demonstration

UK-based Vertical Aerospace will conduct public demonstration flights of its Valo eVTOL aircraft at the Farnborough ...
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US Air Force, DARPA retrofit legacy F-16 with VENOM kit for successful autonomous flight

DARPA and the USAF have reached a major milestone for their joint VENOM program with an AI-piloted modified F-16 test flight.