What happens when a fighter no longer goes to work alone? The answer is beginning to reshape the logic of air combat. “Loyal wingman” drones, now formalized in U.S. Air Force terminology as ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Boeing Co will use a pilotless, fighter-like jet developed in Australia as the basis for its U.S. Air Force Skyborg prototype, an executive at the plane maker said on Tuesday. The ...

Over the past few years, a new term started gaining traction in the military world: loyal wingman. It's a term that describes one kind or another of autonomous drones that can fly alongside crewed ...

LONDON—The UK Defense Ministry has shortlisted seven bidders in its hunt to find an autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) that could operate as a loyal wingman to its Boeing Apache attack ...