Two stealth drones soared over Edwards Air Force Base in California last week, offering some encouraging evidence that the U.S. Air Force’s new drone “brain” not only works—it works with a bunch of different drone types.
Two stealth drones soared over Edwards Air Force Base in California last week, offering some encouraging evidence that the U.S. Air Force’s new drone “brain” not only works—it works withThe Air Force hopes to install the Skyborg autonomy core system in a wide array of unmanned aerial vehicles. The idea is for the ACS to steer armed drones with minimal human control—even in the heat of battle.
The Air Force’s Skyborg team flew two General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger stealth drones on the “multi-hour” Oct. 26 flight over California. One of the Avengers was the standard model of the subsonic, jet-powered stealth drone with a 66-foot wingspan. The other was an extended-range model with a longer fuselage and a 76-foot wing.
Both Avengers were company-owned airframes. The Air Force reportedly owns at least one MQ-20s, apparently for testing—while another, unspecified U.S. government agency owns another seven and has used them in one-off missions such as an alleged leaflet-drop in Syria. The drones in the Skyborg test each clutched a Legion pod under their wing. The Lockheed Martin-made Legion is an infrared sensor that the company has optimized for stealthy, radar-free air-to-air engagements.
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