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USAF Pursues Disposable Aircraft For Air Superiority

Sep 4, 2019Steve Trimble | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

An early example of a single-use aircraft was Nazi Germany's rocket-powered, wooden “Natter,” designed during the latter stages of World War 2.

The U.S. Air Force has added the obscure category of “single-use aircraft” to the list of technologies being pursued to form the next generation of air superiority capabilities. The reference to single-use aircraft emerged for the first time as a future air superiority option in a Sept. 4 speech at the Defense News conference by Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matt Donovan.