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Boeing’s Loyal Wingman completes first test flight

After three years of development and testing, Boeing Australia’s Airpower Teaming System, aka “Loyal Wingman” drone, successfully completed its first autonomous flight.

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  1. VOLT GAMING

    March 6, 2021 at 1:41 pm

    Ace combat fans: it’s all coming together

  2. parker gordon

    March 6, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    I dont think other people think like this… but I think its SOOOOO PRETTTTYYYYY

  3. Juan Pedro Alvarado Martinez

    March 6, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    After 3 Doritos … Skynet destroyed the world

  4. Johnnie P

    March 6, 2021 at 2:23 pm

    Can’t wait until our AI turn against us! ????????????

  5. Daniel Morra

    March 6, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    I need a wingman like that

  6. Ervin Lacsina

    March 6, 2021 at 2:35 pm

    I need to play 1945
    And Sonic Wings again

  7. Neon Red

    March 6, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    I am afraid because enthusiasts are now warmongers. Not gonna support this channel which is supporting war machines.

  8. User 548753

    March 6, 2021 at 3:12 pm

    Joe Biden: has entered the chat.
    Barrack Obama: has entered the chat.

  9. Cody Warmbo

    March 6, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    Ah, Boeing must have watched Stealth recently.

  10. vinayak kedari

    March 6, 2021 at 3:36 pm

    Is this the beginning of Eddy from Stealth 2005 movie????

  11. Brendan Leach

    March 6, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    Oh yay, another drone bomber….

  12. Renny Plasencia

    March 6, 2021 at 4:21 pm

    I dont see what is so incredible about this…. Drones have been used by the military for many years

    • CNET

      March 6, 2021 at 4:42 pm

      Thanks for your comments

  13. Diego Lovell

    March 6, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    Just came up with an idea that make this drone vtol .. fan in each wings with blades that pivot.. somebody call darpa ineed a job

  14. Diego Lovell

    March 6, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    Actually it isn’t that hard to make these

  15. Toonami20

    March 6, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    Hope the government never uses it for evil purposes.

  16. Victor Campuzano

    March 6, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    Billions spent well???

  17. Blender Study

    March 6, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Landing on its own..!! Wow..!! That’s amazing..!!

  18. Name

    March 6, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    how many children can it kill?

  19. Dedu Tedy

    March 6, 2021 at 9:09 pm

    Why everytime we desing something amazing, it is a weapon or for the army??

    • Robert Manly

      March 7, 2021 at 9:16 am

      Although people in safe countries often forget it, the first priority of every society is survival, because that is the first priority of every human being, at least in evolutionary terms. As a result, defence equipment tends to attract funding, although the extent of this varies from one society to another. Ultimately those who do not prepare pay the price anyway but in different terms.

    • Dedu Tedy

      March 7, 2021 at 9:30 am

      @Robert Manly why tf?? We are all humans, why fight ourselves? I do not agree with the ideea of fighting over social differences!

    • Robert Manly

      March 7, 2021 at 9:42 am

      @Dedu Tedy history shows that not all leaders are as wise as you. Nor are they interested in philosophy. Look at the sort of people who end up leading nations in recent history. Hitler, Stalin Mao, Kim, etc. These people are prepared to kill many people to achieve their goals, which are broadly concerned with power and access to resources. They are not fighting over social differences. Some people are just bad people. Unfortunately countries led by more civilised thoughtful people are usually easy prey for such people because they usually are not prepared to defend themselves. It is easy to divert limited resources to more human concerns because the need for defence cannot be easily predicted and by the time they need is evident it is too late to prepare given the long leadtimes involved in preparing a country’s defences.

    • Goldenskel 1

      March 7, 2021 at 11:05 pm

      @Dedu Tedy well it doesn’t matter what you think

  20. Kenny CanHe

    March 6, 2021 at 9:47 pm

    Man this is incredible! these planes will make up for the f-35a lack of dog fighting abilities. Imagine one f-35A commanding a squadron of loyal wingmans! The next challenge is to be able to manufacture thousands of these at a low cost ie building aa efficient machine that make the loyal wingman

  21. Kongolox

    March 6, 2021 at 10:12 pm

    ah, time to deliver some bombs! 😀

  22. Chris Teasdale

    March 6, 2021 at 10:22 pm

    Wait this guy isn’t Derek D?! The music threw me off.

  23. Ahmed Olama

    March 6, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    ????

  24. Kay Realist

    March 6, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    This is the future of warfare folks.

  25. axetbh

    March 7, 2021 at 1:43 am

    I’m here from the episodes of mobile’s this channel unboxed. hi

  26. jack brechwald

    March 7, 2021 at 3:48 am

    Typical millennial, raises the pitch of his voice at the end of each sentence, as if he is asking a question. Millennials are afraid to make a simple declarative statement. Like all millennials, they have been subliminally taught not to assert themselves, lest they be seen as somehow politically incorrect. And they are not even conscious of it. They are automatically self-censoring themselves. Thus they cannot make a simple declarative statement—God forbid!—they must only ask a question.

  27. J.R. Smith

    March 7, 2021 at 4:29 am

    It is not Southern Australia. The state is called South Australia, like South Dakota or South Carolina.

    • Sam Neale

      March 7, 2021 at 8:35 pm

      I think he was more referring to southern australia, not the state, but like as a location.

    • Adi Vemireddy

      March 7, 2021 at 10:21 pm

      @Sam Neale But he meant South Australia. Because the plane was built and flown in the state of South Australia.

  28. David Elliott Lewis

    March 7, 2021 at 6:08 am

    So much enthusiasm but so little information given out. Much is left unsaid in this video. I assume the purpose of this drone is a test bed for autonomous fighter aircraft tech that will eventually replace human pilots. If Boeing can perfect the AI controlling combat maneuvers, these drones may come to dominate as they can withstand much greater G forces than a human pilot can endure. Eventually the wingmen, if any, will be humans not drones.

  29. Truth About Lies

    March 7, 2021 at 6:16 am

    If it is programmable, it is hackable. Unless they have mastered the quantum computing, then it’s another story.

  30. Jomar Araneta

    March 7, 2021 at 6:47 am

    Macross Plus and F’s Ghost Drones come to mind.

  31. Jim Catanzaro

    March 7, 2021 at 7:49 am

    Australia has no power

    • Andy P

      March 7, 2021 at 9:35 pm

      Oh I don’t know, I reckon it has more power than Texas did recently.

    • Jim Catanzaro

      March 7, 2021 at 10:58 pm

      @Andy P Texas is weak it’s just full of people with guns

    • Jim Catanzaro

      March 7, 2021 at 10:59 pm

      @Andy P and the state of Texas would probably be enough to take over Australia anyway you guys pretty much steal everything from Americans anyways

    • Andy P

      March 7, 2021 at 11:38 pm

      @Jim Catanzaro Sarcasm is not exactly your strong suit it seems somehow.

  32. SpocksLesserKnownUncleMargaret

    March 7, 2021 at 10:08 am

    Thunderbirds are GO!

  33. Onesimos

    March 7, 2021 at 12:44 pm

    How big can a man’s teeth get ?! o.O

  34. Gambeeeno

    March 7, 2021 at 3:17 pm

    Russia: Write that down! Write that down!

  35. blue280485

    March 7, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    Amazing ????
    Boeing make a VTOL version of Loyal Wingman with F-35B inspired VTOL tech for Global Naval Market so that it can Take Off & Land on Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) / Light Aircraft Carrier (LAC) Class Ships like RAN Canberra Class Ships ????

  36. Shafiq Muhammad

    March 7, 2021 at 4:43 pm

    Taliban

  37. Agastya

    March 7, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    Scréw AI

  38. Abu Bakker Siddek

    March 7, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    its not aircraft its a drone..

  39. ritwik nandakumar

    March 7, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    Ah yes, let’s advance the advent of war!

  40. Jacob Vahr Svenningsen

    March 7, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    Container size VTOL take off drones – will obscure the entire balance of mobility and deeps strike

    Force projection becomes available from within an adversaries own logistical area

  41. Sany Mridha

    March 7, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    As long as they are under 20mil then its good

  42. Peter S

    March 8, 2021 at 3:03 am

    This will be a big hit.

  43. bozo force

    March 8, 2021 at 10:57 am

    Abort mission.
    Negative. Tinman will not Abort. Tinman will prosecute the mission.
    EDI is the whole Idea
    – The extreme deep invader

  44. E B

    March 8, 2021 at 12:33 pm

    “a world without borders”

    • An Ngo

      March 8, 2021 at 10:45 pm

      It’s time

  45. tripsadelica

    March 8, 2021 at 5:39 pm

    PLA airforce take note. Leave Australia alone!

  46. Haik Hovsepian

    March 8, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    Outlook365office I’m Haik’USA

  47. vipahman

    March 8, 2021 at 7:48 pm

    The most exciting thing coming in the world of drones will be auto-policing drones. By exciting, of course I mean exciting for the over inflated budgets of city police around the US. These drones will ticket speeders, jaywalkers and illegal parking around NYC. Of course, there will be an additional parking sign to watch for. One person will be exempt of any illegal activity in NY. That of course is the blabbergasting, cringeworthy, Emmy award liar Andrew Cuomo!

  48. Haik Hovsepian

    March 8, 2021 at 11:41 pm

    Love2watch

  49. wchris G

    March 9, 2021 at 1:10 am

    good to know high-paying high-skill jobs are in the AI’s Targeting sites.

  50. john lafrance

    March 9, 2021 at 2:17 am

    Let’s hope it doesn’t have engine trouble

  51. jjtc

    March 9, 2021 at 3:02 am

    Coming to a neighborhood near you.

  52. Pierre W

    March 9, 2021 at 3:51 am

    While accusing foreign companies of working with governments and producing military related products, US companies are producing killing MF weapons. lol.
    Could impact Boeing 737 max sales.

  53. TheBroz

    March 9, 2021 at 9:25 am

    It’s a YF-23 without the cockpit.

  54. EVOLICIOUS

    March 9, 2021 at 9:35 am

    Finally! Legal murder without the silly trauma!

  55. AcidBot66

    March 9, 2021 at 11:42 am

    I expect it to be as good as the 737Max!

  56. Alan Day

    March 9, 2021 at 1:53 pm

    Since the US Military has similarly shaped drones that have been flying forever, and my DJI can fly all those test parameters, this does not seem rushed.

  57. Random Pheidole minor

    March 9, 2021 at 6:43 pm

    You can definitely see the X-32’s blood in it, with that composite compound delta wing.

  58. Magnus B

    March 9, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Considering Boeings SW & testing/ integration reputation, the wingman will probably fire on the friendly pilot ????

  59. sikhswim

    March 9, 2021 at 10:13 pm

    You didn’t say why this is useful

  60. Kevin Haynes

    March 9, 2021 at 10:42 pm

    What’s “the most exciting thing I see in the world of drones”! I’d like to see the Milkman Delivery Drone! Having to go out just to buy a carton of milk is such a pain. If it could also deliver choccy digestives at the same time, then it’s win win in my book…

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