AFRL awards research contract to Blue Force Technologies for unmanned air system for U.S. fighter pilot training

 Blue Force Technologies, a small aerospace and defense company based in North Carolina, has been awarded a $9 million initial value contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate. The Small Business Innovation Research contract is for the development of an unmanned air vehicle that supports adversary air (ADAIR) training missions under the Bandit program.


The program aims to provide an unmanned air vehicle solution for the unmanned ADAIR capability, which, when integrated with autonomy, mission payloads, and sensors, will revolutionize the adversary air training mission and provide key opportunities for pilots to interact with the unmanned systems in a training environment.

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