May 14, 2021 Around the Air Force: Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Proposal, Skyborg ACS Test Flight, Testing Lead Wing Capability Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights the Air Force’s Budget Proposal to Congress for the Fiscal Year 2022, the first testing of Skyborg’s autonomy core system, or ACS, and airmen put the Lead Wing Concept into action during exercise ROCKI 21-02. (Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Shandresha Mitchell)
May 6, 2021 Skyborg autonomy core system has successful first flight Termed Milestone 1 of the Autonomous Attritable Aircraft Experimentation, or AAAx, campaign, the autonomy core system performed a series of foundational behaviors necessary to characterize safe system operation.
July 31, 2020 Around the Air Force: Skyborg Contracts Awarded, Tech Training Streamlined, Hurricane Hunters Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights new contracts awarded to industry for the Skyborg Vanguard Program, a new program bypassing traditional tech school for technical training to take place at an Airman's first duty station and Hurricane Hunters track a storm in the Pacific. (Hosted by
July 24, 2020 AFLCMC awards Skyborg contract These initial awards will establish a vendor pool that will continue to compete for up to $400 million in subsequent delivery orders in support of the Skyborg Vanguard Program.
Feb. 26, 2020 Air Force announces Vanguard PEOs Vanguard programs will rapidly advance emerging weapon systems and warfighting concepts through prototyping and experimentation.
March 27, 2019 Skyborg program seeks industry input for artificial intelligence initiative The Air Force office of Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation at the Air Force Research Laboratory is working on fielding a prototype Autonomous, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle as an Early Operational Capability as early as 2023.