The US will collaborate with Japan on a next-generation drone project, US Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall said.
The collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) project will be developed solely by US contractors. However, “there will be other opportunities” to work with Japan, Nikkei Asia quoted Kendall as saying.…
The project will be built on the recently signed joint research agreement to merge AI and machine learning with advanced unmanned air vehicles.
The aircraft the collaboration will develop is intended to fly alongside Japan’s next-generation fighter aircraft, which Tokyo is developing with the UK and Italy.
“I think there is a lot of technical capability that Japan can bring to the table and that we can all benefit from working together,” Nikkei Asia quoted Kendall as saying.…