The Week In Defense, Dec. 11-18, 2020

December 11, 2020
U.S. Air Force Skyborg UAS program
Three companies have been tapped to build “missionized” prototypes for the low-cost U.S. Air Force UAS program known as Skyborg.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
U.S. Air Force Awards Skyborg UAS Contracts The U.S. Air Force on Dec. 7 awarded contracts to Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) and Kratos to build “missionized” prototypes of low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Skyborg autonomous core system. The 24-month...

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