{"id":38390,"date":"2026-06-16T15:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2026\/06\/16\/as-europe-rearms-wingman-aircraft-take-center-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:22:22","slug":"as-europe-rearms-wingman-aircraft-take-center-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2026\/06\/16\/as-europe-rearms-wingman-aircraft-take-center-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"As Europe rearms, \u2018wingman\u2019 aircraft take center stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Center stage at last week\u2019s Berlin airshow was the \u201cwingman\u201d drone, Europe\u2019s latest-generation defense weapon designed to accompany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/09\/after-fcas-demise-germanys-options-include-ordering-more-f-35-warplanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/09\/after-fcas-demise-germanys-options-include-ordering-more-f-35-warplanes\/\">fighter jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the war in Ukraine in particular has underscored the growing importance of drones and electronic warfare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/mbda-advances-land-version-of-its-naval-missile-as-european-strike-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/mbda-advances-land-version-of-its-naval-missile-as-european-strike-weapon\/\">European<\/a> and U.S. defense forces are rapidly developing their own AI-powered drones to complement their fighter jets and carry extra sensors, jammers and weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Berlin, four companies \u2014 Airbus, Boeing, Helsing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/06\/15\/general-atomics-awarded-us-army-contract-for-extended-range-artillery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/06\/15\/general-atomics-awarded-us-army-contract-for-extended-range-artillery\/\">General Atomics<\/a> \u2014 were looking to tout their latest designs of the technology to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/knds-proposes-mixed-french-german-tank-to-replace-frances-leclerc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/knds-proposes-mixed-french-german-tank-to-replace-frances-leclerc\/\">Germany\u2019s military<\/a> and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wingman drones, known as collaborative combat aircraft (CCA), range in size from small interceptors to as large as planes. They fly in what is known as a \u201cloyal wingman\u201d system as they flank manned aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investment in the technology comes as Europe faces a debate over the value of building its own sovereign defense industry and reducing reliance on the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe AI agent, of course, the brain of these systems, needs to be controlled in a sovereign fashion,\u201d Stephanie Lingemann, head of air domain at German defense startup Helsing, told Reuters at the airshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Germany and France this month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/11\/german-spanish-fcas-companies-rally-to-preserve-breakthrough-fighter-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/11\/german-spanish-fcas-companies-rally-to-preserve-breakthrough-fighter-tech\/\">shelved plans for a joint fighter jet<\/a> but are now looking to salvage parts of the Future Combat Air System program by developing a related drone system and data network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>NOT YET OPERATIONAL<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The war in Ukraine has shown how disrupting sensors and communications can be as critical as kinetic attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helsing says its electronic attack drone is designed to operate alongside strike drones in autonomous swarms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boeing Australia\u2019s Managing Director Amy List insisted its MQ-28 Ghost Bat wingman was not a drone, but an unmanned jet designed \u201cto enhance the capabilities, be a force multiplier for crewed platforms.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is collaborating with German firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/rheinmetall-pitches-shipping-container-that-can-spit-out-swarms-of-attack-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/16\/rheinmetall-pitches-shipping-container-that-can-spit-out-swarms-of-attack-drones\/\">Rheinmetall<\/a> to build what it says is its tried and tested technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt can go out ahead of crewed platforms, provide situational awareness, analyze data, it can fuse that data and provide decision-making quality information back to a human,\u201d List told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it stands, wingman drones or aircraft have not yet arrived on the battlefield. 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