Did you notice? Anduril Industries YFQ-44 main landing gear is engineered for carrier operations, whereas General Atomics Aeronautical Systems YFQ-42 has a traditional Air Force design. It appears Anduril is leveraging the Air Force prototyping to risk-reduce their Navy CCA design.
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Anduril Industries' YFQ-44 first flight.
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🚨 Our latest episode is live! We chat with Nooks CEO and co-founder Sean Blackman on all of the pain that it takes for companies to do classified work with the U.S. Government. They may have cracked the code for the entire industry to benefit. Check it out 👇 https://lnkd.in/gXxA-NP4
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Shield AI unveiled the X-BAT, a stealthy jet-powered VTOL autonomous fighter.
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On the Radar Update! 📡 Alt-GPS uncertainty. The SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) program is building a low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation of comm and missile tracking satellites. But the Tranche 3 Transport Layer—a 140-satellite constellation—is paused while weighing whether to kill it. The Merge’s Take: We know what you’re thinking: What does a missile warning communication constellation have to do with GPS-like navigation on Earth? Well, PWSA was designed from the beginning to have a GPS-alternative capability, but it requires a satellite layer to get the signals to the ground for it to be used. The core of the debate is whether to go with Tranche 3 or with MILNET, a funded program reportedly leveraging SpaceX’s Starshield that also has GPS-like capabilities. That reportedly has 150 satellites under contract. Keep an eye on this ongoing active debate.