U.S. Army units accustomed to operating with a small number of drones are grappling with the logistical demand of fielding thousands.

The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s March 1, 1976, issue featured a U.S. Air Force/Fairchild Industries A-10 armed with a laser- guided Mk. 84 2,000-lb. bomb and an electro-optically guided Mk. 84 turning in for a strafing run at Edwards AFB, California, to test the effects on externally mounted ordnance of firing the General Electric GAU-8/A Gatling-type 30-mm. gun.

Heeding lessons from modern battlefields, the U.S. Army is transforming the aviation branch with autonomous technology at all levels.

Editors preview AFA Warfare Symposium, setting the scene for key topics that will be on the agenda in Colorado.

Singaporean eVTOL demonstrator; missile-launching uncrewed X-plane; BWB goes double-deck; and cheaper SAF by co-electrolysis.