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Air Force’s Future Stealthy Combat Drone Could Use AI to Learn

SALON DU BOURGET, PARIS — The company working with the U.S. Air Force to create what may be the Service”s first artificial intelligence drone is gearing up for the final few demo tests, according to an industry official. Kratos Defense completed its second test flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle — which, in

USAF Directed-Energy Weapon “THOR” Can Down Swarms of Drones Simultaneously

The U.S. Air Force recently unveiled its newest anti-drone weapon called THOR, which is short for Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder. The system was developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. THOR only took 18 months to develop for around $15 million — a relatively

Sailors Get a Firsthand Look at the Navy”s New SPY-6 Radar System

It took two cranes and a flatbed truck to deliver it, but sailors and other spectators got an up-close look at the new air- and missile-defense radar being added to Navy ships. Raytheon”s SPY-6 next-generation scalable radar system was on display at this year”s Sea-Air-Space expo outside Washington, DC. The radar was transported from Portsmouth,