Tag: F-16

AI Takes the Controls in New F-16 Flight Tests

Steve Schneider - July 22, 2026

The US Air Force and DARPA have successfully begun flight testing an AI-controlled F-16 fighter jet modified under the VENOM (Viper Experimentation and Next-generation...

Critical Network Node Upgrade: Sniper NTP Connects 4th and 5th Generation Fighters

Steve Schneider - November 18, 2025

The Sniper Networked Targeting Pod (NTP) is an upgrade to the decades-proven Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod (ATP), transforming the precision sensor into an airborne...

Lockheed to Build Newest and Most Advanced F-16

Steve Schneider - June 27, 2018

Lockheed Martin has received a contract for $1.12 billion to produce 16 new F-16 Block 70 aircraft for The Kingdom of Bahrain. Block 70...

New Unmanned Wingman Unveiled for 5th Gen Fighter Jets

Steve Schneider - June 21, 2017

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that they will unveil a new class of unmanned aerial systems designed to function as wingmen (wing-bots?)...

Unmanned F-16 Acts as a Wingman in Strike Package

Steve Schneider - April 12, 2017

Lockheed Martin issued a press release on April 10th, 2017 announcing a successful demonstration of a technique for using fighter jets called manned/unmanned teaming....

Auto-GCAS Saves Unconscious F-16 Pilot—Declassified USAF Footage

The Editors - September 30, 2016

This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its...

USAF Arming F-16’s and A-10’s With Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System

The Editors - June 10, 2016

Source: BAE Systems The U.S. Air Force has acquired BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets for use in ongoing operations in...

F-16’s Converted to Unmanned Aerial Targets

The Editors - September 26, 2013

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next generation of combat training...