Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Archer Aviation to supply Midnight eVTOLs to the USAF

14th August 2023

California-based start-up Archer Aviation Inc has entered into contracts worth up to $142m with the US Department of Defense that includes the supply of up to six Midnight electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to the USAF

Adversary Air Training

USAF contracts Exosonic to develop ‘Red Air’ supersonic UAV

18th October 2021

Exosonic has been awarded a Direct to Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by the USAF to develop a low boom supersonic UAV demonstrator that could be used to support adversary air training operations

Adversary Air Training

La USAF contrata a Exosonic para desarrollar el UAV supersónico "Red Air

18th October 2021

La USAF ha concedido a Exosonic un contrato de Investigación de Innovación en Pequeñas Empresas, directo a la fase II, para desarrollar un demostrador de UAV supersónico de baja potencia que podría utilizarse para apoyar las operaciones de entrenamiento aéreo del adversario

AFRL

US to develop Mjolnir as follow-on to THOR ‘drone killer’ system

11th August 2021

The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate is seeking partners to develop and build a new counter electronics weapon system – dubbed ‘Mjolnir’ – which will be used to further defend against the increasing threat of adversarial drone activities

AFRL

EE.UU. desarrollará el Mjolnir como continuación del sistema THOR para matar drones

11th August 2021

La Dirección de Energía Dirigida del Laboratorio de Investigación de la Fuerza Aérea de EE.UU. está buscando socios para desarrollar y construir un nuevo sistema de armas contra la electrónica - apodado "Mjolnir" - que se utilizará para defenderse contra la creciente amenaza de las actividades de los drones adversarios

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

NF-16D VISTA becomes X-62A to support new mission

6th August 2021

Officials from the 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, announced on July 30 that the USAF’s Lockheed Martin NF-16D Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) had been formally redesignated as the X-62A from June 14

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

El NF-16D VISTA se convierte en el X-62A para apoyar la nueva misión

6th August 2021

Funcionarios del Ala de Pruebas 412 de la Base Aérea de Edwards (California) anunciaron el 30 de julio que el avión simulador de vuelo variable (VISTA) Lockheed Martin NF-16D de la USAF había sido formalmente rediseñado como X-62A a partir del 14 de junio.