{"id":29,"date":"2026-09-18T16:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T14:17:20","slug":"lusaf-assegna-al-darpa-ga-asi-longshot-la-nuova-designazione-x-68a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/lusaf-assegna-al-darpa-ga-asi-longshot-la-nuova-designazione-x-68a\/","title":{"rendered":"L’USAF assegna al DARPA\/GA-ASI LongShot la nuova designazione X-68A"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has confirmed the announcement regarding the LongShot system, an unmanned aircraft developed in collaboration with DARPA now designated X-68A by the USAF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The LongShot, an unmanned air superiority system, is set to revolutionize aerial combat, allowing larger aircraft to launch air-to-air missiles against enemy targets, thus keeping pilots at a safer distance from the combat zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GA-ASI has begun work on the platform; in recent days it announced the completion of wind tunnel testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The X-68A can be integrated onto various platforms, such as fighters and bombers, or used as palletized munitions by transport aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight tests are expected by the end of the year with an F-15 Eagle to confirm flight suitability and the ability to safely dispense submunitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The X-68A is the second X-Plane from GA-ASI, alongside the XQ-67A, an aircraft built for the US Air Force Research Lab, and joins a growing fleet of advanced jet fighters, including the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft developed for the USAF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source and image credit @General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has confirmed the announcement regarding the LongShot system, an unmanned aircraft developed in collaboration with DARPA now designated X-68A by the USAF. The LongShot, an unmanned air superiority system, is set to revolutionize aerial combat, allowing larger aircraft to launch air-to-air missiles against enemy targets, thus keeping pilots at … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"azienda":[],"capacita":[],"contesto":[],"dominio":[4],"forza-armata":[412,416],"organizzazione":[],"paese":[186],"programma":[],"scenario":[],"sistema":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senza-categoria","dominio-air","forza-armata-united-states","forza-armata-united-states-air-force","paese-united-states"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"azienda","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/azienda?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"capacita","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/capacita?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"contesto","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contesto?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"dominio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dominio?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"forza-armata","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forza-armata?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"organizzazione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organizzazione?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"paese","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paese?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"programma","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programma?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"scenario","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scenario?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"sistema","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.aresdifesa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sistema?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}