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Skyborg

U.S. Air Force autonomy core program that seeded the Collaborative Combat Aircraft initiative.

Definition

Skyborg was an AFRL-led Vanguard program to develop a portable, government-owned autonomy core (the Skyborg Autonomy Core System, ACS) capable of flying low-cost attritable air vehicles. Successful flight tests on Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie and General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger informed the architecture and acquisition approach for the operational CCA program.

Reference attributes

Lead: AFRL
Core deliverable: Autonomy Core System (ACS)
Test platforms: XQ-58A, MQ-20
Successor: Collaborative Combat Aircraft

Related terms

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)
U.S. Air Force program for affordable, autonomous wingmen teamed with crewed fighters.
Autonomy Reference Architecture (ARA)
Government-owned reference design for layered autonomy stacks on CCA-class platforms.

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