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Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Completes High-speed Taxi Test

Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Completes High-speed Taxi Test

Source: Boeing The Royal Australian Air Force and Boeing Defence Australia have successfully completed the first high-speed taxi test of the Loyal Wingman in preparation for the first flight of the next-generation platform. “We’ve reached high-speed taxi testing ahead of the Loyal Wingman’s first flight with Royal Australian Air Force …

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That Time When Indonesian Air Force Scramble Jets To Intercept Royal Australian Air Force Jets

That Time When Indonesian Air Force Scramble Jets To Intercept Royal Australian Air Force Jets

Indonesia Hawk 209 on a training sortie over Banda Aceh iEPA picn 2018 – Credits: on September 16, 1999, a close encounter between Indonesian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force allegedly occurred that could have potentially led to a deadly aerial encounter between an Australian F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter …

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Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Spotted During Ground Testing

Boeing’s Loyal Wingman Drone Prototype Spotted During Ground Testing

The Airpower Teaming System unmanned aircraft photographed in an airfield in Queensland, Australia. (Photo via Australian Defence Magazine) The Boeing Airpower Teaming System, also known as the Boeing Loyal Wingman project, developed for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has been sighted in the open while undergoing ground testing in …

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Boeing Successfully Test Surrogate Drones For Australia’s Loyal Wingman Program

Boeing Successfuly Test Surrogate Drones For Australia's Loyal Wingman Program

on Nov. 19, 2019, Boeing Australia announced the successful test surrogate drones for Australia’s loyal wingman program, and released an accompanying video, on social media.   Boeing says that its Australian subsidiary has used systems developed in that country to enable a pair of unmanned, subscale, jet-powered test aircraft to …

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