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Lockheed Martin has introduced Vectis, a next-gen stealth drone from Skunk Works designed for autonomous missions alongside F-22 and F-35 fighters, with first flight expected in roughly two years. Follow: AF Post

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🇺🇸 LOCKHEED’S NEW STEALTH DRONE BUILT TO DO EVERYTHING (EXCEPT LOSE) Skunk Works just dropped Vectis, a lethal, runway-loving stealth drone designed to flex in any airspace - U.S or allied. It’s big (Group 5), customizable, and built to outlast, outfight, and out-adapt whatever the future battlefield throws at it. Prototype parts are already in the shop, with first flight set for late 2027. It works with your F-22, your F-35, or whatever 6th-gen beast you’ve got in the hangar. And yes, it’s runway-bound, but rugged enough for the field and smart enough to train with the crew. Just don’t expect supersonic - Lockheed says speed isn’t everything when you’re already invisible. Source: Defense News, OSINTdefender

🇺🇸 LOCKHEED’S NEW STEALTH DRONE BUILT TO DO EVERYTHING (EXCEPT LOSE) Skunk Works just dropped Vectis, a lethal, runway-loving stealth drone designed to flex in any airspace - U.S or allied. It’s big (Group 5), customizable, and built to outlast, outfight, and out-adapt whatever the future battlefield throws at it. Prototype parts are already in the shop, with first flight set for late 2027. It works with your F-22, your F-35, or whatever 6th-gen beast you’ve got in the hangar. And yes, it’s runway-bound, but rugged enough for the field and smart enough to train with the crew. Just don’t expect supersonic - Lockheed says speed isn’t everything when you’re already invisible. Source: Defense News, OSINTdefender

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Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), also known more colloquially as Skunk Works, has unveiled a new, high-end stealth drone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Program, dubbed Vectis. According to TWZ, Vectis is designed to be highly adaptable to an operator’s requirements, whether they be in the United States or in other partner countries around the world, with the first variant expected to take flight by 2028. “Meet Vectis, a Group 5, survivable, lethal, and reusable, Collaborative Combat Aircraft that embodies not only our pedigree in [crewed] fighter aircraft, autonomy, and uncrewed systems, but [that] is also enabled by that Agile Drone Framework,” O.J. Sanchez, Lockheed Martin Vice President and General Manager of Skunk Works, told The War Zone and other media outlets this past week. “Vectis will provide U.S. and allied warfighters with range, endurance, and multi-mission flexibility, including air-to-air, air-to-surface, and ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance].”

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