Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Airbus is currently equipping two Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA), which were acquired from US partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., with Airbus' sovereign European mission system, the Multiplatform Autonomous Reconfigurable and Secure (MARS) system.
MARS also contains an AI-supported software brain called MindShare which not only replaces the missing pilot, but is also capable of coordinating entire mission groups by being distributed across many manned and uncrewed platforms.
Fully autonomous or commanded by a #Eurofighter, the Valkyrie will be able to take on sensitive mission tasks that would pose too great a danger to the pilot. The UCCA can service kinetic and non-kinetic mission sets in several roles. For the German customer, Airbus and Kratos are initially focusing on a specific role to deliver credible combat air power on time and on target.
Read more: airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-airbus-is-preparing-two-uncrewed-combat-aircraft-from-kratos-for-first-flight-with-a-european
Airbus is currently equipping two Uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (UCCA), which were acquired from US partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., with Airbus' sovereign European mission system, the Multiplatform Autonomous Reconfigurable and Secure (MARS) system.
MARS also contains an AI-supported software brain called MindShare which not only replaces the missing pilot, but is also capable of coordinating entire mission groups by being distributed across many manned and uncrewed platforms.
Fully autonomous or commanded by a #Eurofighter, the Valkyrie will be able to take on sensitive mission tasks that would pose too great a danger to the pilot. The UCCA can service kinetic and non-kinetic mission sets in several roles. For the German customer, Airbus and Kratos are initially focusing on a specific role to deliver credible combat air power on time and on target.
Read more: airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-03-airbus-is-preparing-two-uncrewed-combat-aircraft-from-kratos-for-first-flight-with-a-european
