ABCNEWS - Trump unveils Qatari-donated 747 that will serve as Air Force One
President Donald Trump unveiled the new Air Force One plane that was donated by the Qatari government at Joint Base Andrews on Friday.
AF (Pentagon News) - Air Force advances future of air superiority with CCA contracts
The DAF awarded contracts to develop and produce its first-generation Collaborative Combat Aircraft, while creating a competitive marketplace for mission-autonomy software from six vendors.
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Company tests rocket launchers on logistics drones in Fort Rucker experiment | Stars and Stripes
The test involved the Tactical Resupply Drone 150, an autonomous quadcopter, which successfully fired a three-shot rocket launcher.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Alex Caprariello) - Meet the soldiers reinventing American warfare one drone at a time
A NewsNation exclusive look at how the U.S. is ramping up drone warfare — where the “front lines” are no longer on the ground but in the sky.
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Air Force’s new crop duster-like special ops plane will be transportable by jet | Stars and Stripes
Air Force special ops will be able to quickly break down and reassemble their newest, multi-role aircraft to move it to another location, officials said.
WAR (Army Sgt. Max Elliott, U.S. Army V Corps) - Defeating the Swarm: Project Flytrap Accelerates NATO's Counter-Drone Lethality
Project Flytrap 5.0, a U.S. Army V Corps counter-unmanned aerial systems initiative including British partner forces, integrated and tested more than 50 industry-provided technologies to fight and defeat the low-cost drones reshaping the modern battlefield.
WAR (Army Sgt. Max Elliott, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) - Project Flytrap 5.0 Puts Emerging Tech in Warfighters' Hands
U.S. infantry soldiers and U.K. paratroopers prepared for the force-on-force phase of Project Flytrap 5.0, an exercise that integrates autonomous and unmanned ground vehicles, first-person view drones and counter-unmanned aerial systems on a simulated battlefield in Europe.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Air Force says former Qatari 747 will be ready to fly as Air Force One this summer
The U.S. Air Force has finished modifying and testing a Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar for temporary use as Air Force One and expects to have it ready for President Trump to use this summer.
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STRIPES (Seth Robson) - On a jungle range, the US Army is testing handmade drones for modern combat | Stars and Stripes
U.S. soldiers are assembling advanced military drones by hand during Balikatan joint exercises in jungle terrain north of Manila, Philippines.
AF (Pentagon News) - VC-25B Bridge program completes flight testing, prepares for summer rollout
This program represents a fundamental shift in how the Air Force delivers critical capabilities.
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