Boeing (BA) anticipates that its unmanned, fighter-like jet- the Loyal Wingman- will reach mass production by 2025, Reuters reports. The company is currently trialing one of three prototypes developed in Australia, aided by $26 million funding from the Australian government. “We are expecting middle of the decade, maybe a bit earlier that this will be in production,” Shane Arnott, the programme director of Boeing’s Airpower Teaming System stated.According to Arnott, “16 of the Loyal Wingman drones could be teamed with a manned aircraft for missions and it [is] on track for its first flight by the end of the …read more
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