The US Air Force’s first loyal wingman drones are about to take flight, testing whether prototypes can become mass airpower.

Air and Space Forces Magazine reported that the service is poised to conduct the first flight tests of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes, with sources confirming that Anduril Industries’ YQ-44A Fury and General Atomics’ YFQ-42A are “basically ready to go” and expected to fly imminently, possibly during the week of August 25.

The milestone marks the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) effort to field autonomous wingmen capable of teaming with F-22s and F-35s

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The Trump administration made a massive political blunder on August 20th in its pursuit of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. The blunder centered on a “virtual” meeting led by NATO.

Prior to that meeting, Trump had promised the Russians that any deal would rule out Ukraine’s NATO membership. Apparently the Russians read Trump’s assurance to include no NATO peacekeepers. That was a mistake.

The administration did not consult with the Russians ahead of the NATO parlay.

The NATO-led meeting was intended to lay out military options to meet Ukraine’s request for security guarantees. The discussion apparently considered different views on what

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