www.zerohedge.com by TYLER DURDEN
US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall revealed at the Reagan National Defense Forum that two new secret combat drone programs are preparing to be funded.
“I’ve got two that I’m going to have in the ’23 budget in some form,” Kendall told Politico on Saturday at the conference.Â
“They’re both unmanned air combat vehicles, unmanned platforms that are designed to work in conjunction with fighter aircraft like [the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter] or F-22 or the F-35. On the other hand they work in conjunction with bombers like the B-21,” he said.Â
Kendall said the two combat drones are designed to operate alongside stealth fighter jets and bombers. He said the existence of the drones would be disclosed in the upcoming military budget request that heads to Congress early next year.
“These will be acknowledged classified programs,” he explained, “but I am going to try to get them started in ’23.”…
