The trial came as the U.K. and U.S. are pursuing new robotic platforms for strike, ISR and other missions.

A leader of Air Force Futures provided insight into the latest thinking about collaborative combat aircraft.

Part of the Army's future vertical lift modernization efforts, the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System is intended to replace the RQ-7 Shadow.

The demonstration had the Valkyrie drone go up against “simulated opponents using simulated mission systems and simulated weapons," AFRL said.

The services want their respective robotic wingmen to have common aircraft architecture, communications links, autonomy architecture and ground-control segments, Brig. Gen. Dale White told reporters.

Drones from the Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance initiative are expected to be able to destroy armored vehicles.

The Air Force is planning to release an "integrated aerial network roadmap" sometime in the fall outlining its strategy, an official told DefenseScoop.

The Air Force on July 25 conducted a three-hour flight test of a XQ-58A Valkyrie drone that was controlled by algorithms developed by AFRL.

An unmanned aerial system from U.S. Air Forces Central's newly formed Task Force 99 was deployed to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions against a U.S. adversary…

Lockheed Martin's MORFIUS system can fly close to small drones and attack them with high-powered microwave pulses.