US Air Force adds multi-sensor 24/7 tracking to $500M drone shield

US Air Force adds multi-sensor 24/7 tracking to $500M drone shield

The U.S. Air Force is expanding its counter-drone capabilities through a new delivery order that adds Teledyne FLIR Defense’s Argus XL platform to AeroVironment’s Titan Multi-Sensor counter-unmanned aircraft system. The work falls under a three-year, $500 million Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract supporting Joint Interagency Task Force 401’s Domestic Shield Program, which protects military installations and other critical infrast…

Air Force Relaunches, Arms CCA Drones Like Crewed Fighters for First Time

The U.S. Air Force armed, refueled, and relaunched its two Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes like crewed fighters for the first time during an Agile Combat Employment exercise, the service’s doctrine for dispersing airpower across austere locations, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, from July 20 to 24. Airmen from the CCA Experimental Operations Unit loaded inert AIM-120 air-to-air missiles onto Anduril’s YFQ-44A Fury and flew multi…