US Joint Forces Command plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles as an element of Noble Resolve, its “experimentation campaign” to find ways to improve homeland defense and military support to civil authorities, according to Air Force Gen Lance Smith. The JFCOM boss also told Washington-based defense reporters Wednesday that putting UAVs with the Air National Guard is a “done deal,” but he added, “It may be moving slower than anticipated.”
The KC-Z4, a blended wing body tanker concept being developed by startup JetZero, could fuel larger groups of aircraft at longer range to hold more targets at risk, company officials say.