The Pilot of an F-22 Just Controlled a Drone Wingman in Flight

The pilot of an F-22 just controlled a drone wingman in flight

The General Atomics linkup is a first for the Air Force’s collaborative combat aircraft effort.

GA-ASI: F-22 pilot collaborated with drone wingman in mock demo

An F-22 Raptor pilot supervised an MQ-20 Avenger drone from its cockpit in flight testing last month, according to an announcement from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, marking a leap in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft capability the Air Force wants to field by the end of the decade. The company-funded demonstration took place on Oct. 21 at the Nevada Test and Training Range, GA-ASI wrote in a news release today. Both the Lockheed Martin …

In a first, F-22 pilot controls wingman drone from cockpit, General Atomics says

“We already know the F-22 will play a critical role in crewed-uncrewed teaming operations, and General Atomics is in a unique position to get this started now,” company spokesman C. Mark Brinkley told Breaking Defense.

F-22 Pilot Controls Drone Wingman from Cockpit in First-of-Its-Kind Demo

In a groundbreaking test, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor pilot directly controlled an MQ-20 Avenger drone from the fighter’s cockpit, General Atomics (GA) announced in a press release on […]

F-22 Pilot Controls ‘CCA Surrogate’ Drone from Cockpit

An F-22 pilot controlled an MQ-20 drone from the fighter’s cockpit last month, General Atomics announced Nov. 17—a preview of the Air Force’s vision for Collaborative Combat Aircraft.  General Atomics partnered with F-22 maker Lockheed Martin and L3Harris, which provided radios and data links, for the self-funded demonstration, which took place Oct. 17 at the Nevada Test and Training Range.  During the flight, the F-22 communicated with the MQ…

F-22 Controls Unmanned General Atomics MQ-20 Drone In Industry Demo

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday announced the successful test of an F-22 Raptor fighter controlling an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the first time […]