The Weekly Debrief: Loyal Wingman Role Divides U.S. Air Force, Navy Concepts

unmanned aerial-refueling aircraft
MQ-25
Credit: Boeing
A new era of ubiquitous teaming between manned and unmanned military aircraft is not far away. By the end of the decade (or perhaps sooner), the U.S. Air Force’s highly secretive Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program anticipates fielding a family of manned jets and unmanned aircraft systems...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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