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BAE Systems to Leverage Autonomous Systems’ Experience for U.S. Air Force Skyborg Program

BAE Systems to Leverage Autonomous Systems’ Experience for U.S. Air Force Skyborg Program
BAE Systems is one of 13 competitors in the U.S. Air Force Skyborg program (BAE Systems Photo)

BAE Systems is to leverage its experience in autonomous systems, as it seeks to develop an attritable drone under the U.S. Air Force's Skyborg program, the company said on Oct. 22. The Air Force launched Skyborg in May in an effort to field an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system to be a “quarterback in the sky” for manned aircraft. Skyborg is one of the service's three “Vanguard” programs, which are the service’s top science and technology priorities and are meant to…

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