The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group marked an important milestone in continuing to prepare the warfighter for tomorrow's threats as the first QF-16 drone arrived for developmental testing at Tyndall ...

Boeing Defense, Space & Security has been awarded a $10.2 million contract modification, bringing the total effort to $318.7 ...

U.S. company Boeing was selected to lead a team by the Air Force to convert retired F-16 Falcon fighter aircraft into full-scale target drones, referred to as the QF-16 aerial drone, as part of ...

Florida, and climbed to an altitude of 41,000 feet during its 66-minute flight that marked its first manned flight. The QF-16 “Viper drone” will replace the QF-4 Phantom drone in the same role.

The QF-16 is replacing older jets such as the QF-4 Phantom II in the role of target drone. Not only was the Air Force running out of viable McDonnell Douglas F-4 airframes to convert, the older ...

The Air Force is retiring F-16 fighters as the F-35 fighter comes on-line. The F-16s are stored at “The Boneyard” in Arizona. About thirty F-16s a year are brought out of storage to become ...

This option is for the purchase of 25 QF-16 FSATs and 25 four-year warranties of the QF-16 drone-peculiar equipment. Work will be performed at Cecil Field, Florida, and is expected to be complete by ...

The U.S. Air Force is turning obsolete F-16 Fighting Falcons into target practice, a longstanding tradition as older planes age out. The dronified F-16s will be used to test new weapons, including ...

The first Boeing QF-16 target drone arrived at Tyndall AFB, Florida, earlier this week on 19 November for the start of its developmental test phase. Boeing is developing the QF-16 for the US Air ...

The first retired F-16 Falcon arrived at Boeing's Cecil Field facility in Jacksonville on April 22 to begin conversion into a QF-16 aerial drone. Boeing received a $69.7 million contract from the US ...

Boeing and the US Air Force flew a QF-16 target drone without a pilot for the first time at Tyndall AFB, Florida, on 19 September, the company says. Before it was converted into a drone ...

The Fastest Targeting Drone In Operation Is The QF-16 Typically, when people think of drones, they consider aircraft that ...