A few days ago, California-based defense tech firm Anduril concluded the first test flights of its semi-autonomous Fury fighter jet without a pilot in the cockpit. Oh wait, there’s actually no cockpit in there at all.
The company’s major milestone, which it’s achieved in just 556 days since it began work designing the aircraft, will see it join the race to become the leader in uncrewed aviation. Another defense contractor called General Atomics is also in the running with its experimental XQ-67A platform, and China is believed to be making great strides with pilotless planes too.
Back in September 2023, the company had acquired a small North Carolina-based firm called Blue Force Technologies which had initially developed the Fury aircraft. Anduril itself, meanwhile, has built a software…
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Source newatlas.com
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