AFA 2019: Multi Domain Operations are all about the “connective tissue,” as the Air Force rushes to test and field its building blocks, says Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper. Even after a full day of interviews and meetings, Roper’s enthusiasm for transforming the Air Force into a “software company” remains undimmed, as you can… Keep reading →

The ultimate goal of ABMS, Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper enthused, is to “build a family of systems” and “create something that feels like the Internet of Things for the Air Force.”

AFA 2019: Kratos is the first company to fly what the Air Force is calling a loyal wingman aircraft, as Breaking D readers know. US ‘Loyal Wingman’ Takes Flight: AFRL & Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie In this video, our own Sydney Freedberg interviews Steve Fendley, president of Kratos’ unmanned systems division, about the Valkyrie and its capabilities.… Keep reading →

A single F-35 could have a flock of “loyal wingman” drones to carry weapons, jam radars, and if need be take a hit and die to save their human commander.