Overview

• Development is underway with prototype parts ordered and an internal team executing toward a first flight within about two years.
• Lockheed describes Vectis as a multi-mission platform for precision strike, ISR targeting, electronic warfare, and offensive and defensive counter-air.
• The drone is designed to team with fifth- and next-generation fighters, with open-architecture control systems and multi-domain connectivity beyond Lockheed-built platforms.
• The runway-dependent air vehicle emphasizes maintainability for Agile Combat Employment, with options to configure for daily operations or boxed storage and rapid assembly.
• Company analysis and released visuals depict F-22 and F-35 teaming concepts, and executives say the design could align with the Air Force’s requirements for CCA Increment 2.