{"id":11552,"date":"2020-07-23T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T21:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/23\/four-companies-got-contracts-to-build-the-air-forces-skyborg-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:41:14","slug":"four-companies-got-contracts-to-build-the-air-forces-skyborg-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2020\/07\/23\/four-companies-got-contracts-to-build-the-air-forces-skyborg-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Four companies win contracts to build the Air Force\u2019s Skyborg drone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Kratos will move forward in the Air Force program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2020\/05\/20\/more-than-one-company-could-get-cash-to-build-the-air-forces-ai-equipped-skyborg-drone\/\" target=_blank>to build an AI-enabled drone wingman<\/a> known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2020\/02\/21\/here-is-the-first-thing-the-air-force-would-fund-if-it-had-more-money-in-fy21\/\" target=_blank>Skyborg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each company Thursday was awarded an indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $400 million, but no seed money was immediately allocated as the firms will have to compete against each other for future orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Skyborg program, the Air Force wants to field a family of unmanned aerial systems that use artificial intelligence to adapt to battlefield conditions. The Skyborg drone should be cheap enough where the loss of aircraft in combat could be sustained, yet survivable enough so that it could move into a high-end fight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2019\/05\/22\/under-skyborg-program-f-35-and-f-15ex-jets-could-control-drone-sidekicks\/\" target=_blank>function as a wingman to manned fighter jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/03\/14\/introducing-skyborg-your-new-ai-wingman\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Capture.JPG_4ed037.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Introducing Skyborg, your new AI wingman<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Future Air Force pilots might be getting their own R2-D2-like companion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause autonomous systems can support missions that are too strenuous or dangerous for manned crews, Skyborg can increase capability significantly and be a force multiplier for the Air Force,\u201d said Brig. 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The system learns from prior experiences how best to support human pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the near term, the Air Force wants to use the Skyborg program to integrate an autonomous air vehicle with open mission systems as a way to demonstrate that it can team with a manned fighter, the service said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAutonomy technologies in Skyborg\u2019s portfolio will range from simple play-book algorithms to advanced team decision making and will include on-ramp opportunities for artificial intelligence technologies,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle, the Air Force Research Laboratory commander\u00ad\u00ad. \u201cThis effort will provide a foundational government reference architecture for a family of layered, autonomous, and open-architecture UAS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each company has the chance to win up to $400 million. 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