Wed, May 14, 2025
The Air Force has begun ground testing a future uncrewed jet design in a milestone towards pilotless dogfighting.
The YFQ-42A and YFQ-44A will be used to evaluate proposed focusing on propulsion systems, avionics, autonomy integration and ground control interfaces, helping to validate the performance of things as they are now while the USAF plans for future developments. A recent analysis claims that drones are responsible for up to two-thirds of near-misses with commercial aircraft at America’s busiest airports. The FAA has taken steps to avoid these events, but the spike in unauthorized drone flights certainly is not aiding their cause. Joby Aviation has reason to celebrate, recently completing its first full transition from vertical to horizontal flight with a pilot on board. This puts the aircraft one step closer to achieving commercial operation. The manufacturer’s all-electric air taxi demonstrated its in-flight transition capabilities for the first time in 2017. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne-NextGen!!!
Airborne-NextGen 05.06.25 is chock full of info in this Weekly News Episode, Tuesday, May 6th, 2025... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Hosts Holland Lee, Sophie Hurlock, Brianne Cross, Christopher Odom, and Laura Hutson, and is supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, and Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, this episode covers:
- USAF Starts Ground Evals on Uncrewed Fighter Program
- Drones Named As Top Culprit for Near-Miss Incidents
- Joby Aviation Passes Milestone in Crewed Testing
- AMA Names Tyler Dobbs as New Executive Director
- FAA Gives In, Awards SpaceX More Falcon 9 Ops
- Firefly Launch Unsuccessful, But Firm Remains Undeterred
- Autonomous F-16 Program Progressing With Mods, Sims
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