Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For the first time ever, one of America’s new AI-piloted drone fighters just launched a live air-to-air missile at a beyond-visual-range target, successfully demonstrating the platform’s ability to fly and fight, and the AI’s ability to identify and track targets.

This test saw Anduril’s prototype YFQ-44 Fury launch an AIM-120 AMRAAM, or advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, at a simulated beyond-line-of-sight target.

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Citations:
airandspaceforces.com/article/0709predator
https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2002495357/
baykartech.com/en/uav/bayraktar-kizilelma
sandboxx.us/news/worlds-first-two-operational-drone-fighters-will-be-american
sandboxx.us/news/these-are-all-the-collaborative-combat-aircraft-currently-in-development-and-testing
sandboxx.us/news/andurils-ai-piloted-fury-drone-goes-into-serial-production-but-who-whill-buy-it
sandboxx.us/news/air-force-has-just-awarded-the-first-cca-contracts-ahead-of-schedule