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Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have conducted the maiden flight of the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) loyal wingman aircraft.
By Greg Waldron2021-03-02T08:09:00+00:00
Canberra will double the fleet of Boeing Airpower Teaming System (ATS) ‘loyal wingman’ aircraft to six, as the company confirms that ATS will form the basis of its effort under the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Skyborg initiative.
Following the first flight of the ATS on 27 February, Australia’s minister of defence industry Melissa Price says that Canberra will invest a further A$115 million ($89 million) to obtain three additional ATS aircraft, bringing the entire test fleet to six examples. The original programme, announced in 2019, called for three prototypes to be built in Australia.
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