Lockheed Martin has shown concept art of an unmanned tanker refueling an F-35C with a probe-and-drogue refueling system. The AFRL wants a similar technology for boom-equipped uncrewed tankers.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
U.S. Air Force researchers want proposals for new automation technologies that would allow boom-equipped uncrewed aircraft to refuel crewed aircraft. The Automated Air Refueling (A3R) solicitation opens the second phase of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Combat Refueling and Operations...
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