The Air Force does plan to work with Lockheed Martin through next spring to bring the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile program back in line, but Rebecca Christie of Dow Jones Newswires reports (via CNNMoney.com) that the service also plans to investigate some alternatives—just in case. The investigation could include a general request for information from industry.
There is a new entrant in the highly competitive field of collaborative combat aircraft—semi-autonomous drones meant to fly alongside manned combat aircraft. Northrop Grumman unveiled its new Project Talon aircraft to a small group of reporters at the facilities of its subsidiary Scaled Composites.
