The USX-1 Defiant, a 240-metric-ton unmanned ship, could soon go for its months-long open-water cruise to demonstrate its ...

In the simulation, the F/A-18 pilot commanded an MQ-25 drone to release the refueling drogue and refuel the Super Hornet using the existing communication links on both platforms. The goal of the ...

and act on data over longer missions without recharge (refueling).” A longer range plus more on-board power to run advanced autonomy software on the drones itself reduces the need for a human ...

The first sea testing of the UAWC's operational networks on CVN-77 is scheduled to begin next year, and while the MQ-25 will initially be employed in refueling, the drone could be used in ...

Aerial refueling is one of several critical defense ... with the construction of two infantry companies, a tactical drone section, a mechanical engineering company and off-road trucks.