What Happened
General Atomics Avenger Surrogate Executes Mission Plan
The US Navy has demonstrated a mission-planning capability that connects human-developed operational plans with autonomous aircraft, using a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-20 Avenger as a surrogate aircraft. The Collaborative Autonomy Mission Planning (CAMP) capability translates mission planners’ information into a format an autonomous aircraft can use to execute its assigned portion of a larger mission. The demonstration was part of the Gray Flag 2026 exercise and builds on the Navy’s broader work to develop interoperable autonomy capabilities, as reported by Military Aerospace.