New Uncrewed Aircraft Aims To Lower Price Point And Speed Development
Northrop Grumman has unveiled Project Talon, a new autonomous combat drone designed to dramatically lower the price point and speed up development of large uncrewed aircraft. The project, which took 15 months to complete, aims to rectify the mistakes of Northrop’s previous Collaborative Combat Aircraft program proposal, which scored high on technical performance but low on affordability. According to Tom Jones, president of Northrop’s aeronautics systems division, the goal was to build an aircraft with the same capability as the original offering, but faster and more affordably. The project’s success may have implications for the Air Force’s second round of CCA competition, with Northrop potentially submitting Project Talon as an offering. This development was first reported by Breaking Defense.