Saab To Fly Software-Defined Fuselage In 2026

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Saab next year plans to fly an uncrewed aircraft using a software-defined fuselage as part of a company initiative to optimize processes to get equipment into the field faster. The aim, eventually, would be to “CAD in the morning, fly in the afternoon,” says the head of Saab’s The Rainforest...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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