Uncrewed Fighter Jets Take a Giant Leap Forward

California-based defense tech firm Anduril Industries has reached a major milestone in the evolution of autonomous military aviation with the successful initial test flights of its Fury fighter jet, a semi-autonomous aircraft with no cockpit and no pilot on board. Officially designated the YFQ-44A, Fury is part of the U.S. Air Force’s emerging Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, which aims to pair unmanned platforms with crewed fighters to extend mission capabilities in reconnaissance, surveillance, and both...

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