{"id":2300810,"date":"2026-06-19T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/x-68a-longshot-drone-f-15-air-to-air-missile-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T09:11:55","slug":"x-68a-longshot-drone-f-15-air-to-air-missile-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/x-68a-longshot-drone-f-15-air-to-air-missile-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The F-15&#8217;s New Drone Carries Its Own Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Air combat is, at its core, a question of who shoots first from farthest away. For decades the answer was simple: the fighter with the better radar and the longer-ranged missile. The U.S. military is now building a way to cheat that equation entirely &mdash; by throwing the missile-shooter out ahead of the fighter.<\/p>\n<p>Its name is the X-68A, and in February 2026 it became one of the newest members of America&rsquo;s exclusive club of &ldquo;X-plane&rdquo; experimental aircraft.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:8px;padding:18px 22px;margin:24px 0;font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#1565c0\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> X-68A &ldquo;LongShot&rdquo; &mdash; an air-launched, uncrewed air-superiority drone<\/li><li><strong>Builder:<\/strong> General Atomics (GA-ASI) for DARPA; given its U.S. Air Force X-plane designation in February 2026<\/li><li><strong>Role:<\/strong> launched from an F-15, flies ahead of crewed jets and fires its own air-to-air missiles<\/li><li><strong>Weapons:<\/strong> the AIM-120 AMRAAM, and potentially the new AIM-260 JATM<\/li><li><strong>Propulsion:<\/strong> reportedly a single Williams WJ38-15 turbojet, high-subsonic performance<\/li><li><strong>First flight:<\/strong> targeted for late 2026, released from an F-15 Eagle<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An X-Plane Built to Shoot First<\/h2>\n<p>Until recently the project was known only by its DARPA codename, LongShot. The concept is deceptively simple: an uncrewed aircraft that launches from a larger jet, races toward the enemy, and engages with its own air-to-air missiles. The crewed fighter that launched it never has to come within range of the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by General Atomics, the platform earned the formal U.S. Air Force designation X-68A on February 17, 2026 &mdash; placing it in a lineage that runs back to the X-1, which first broke the sound barrier.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1175030093  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/p10_x68a.jpg\" alt=\"A General Atomics X-68A LongShot drone concept\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A concept rendering of the X-68A LongShot: an F-15 launches the drone (foreground), which carries air-to-air missiles toward the threat. (Image: General Atomics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Inside the LongShot<\/h2>\n<p>The X-68A is reportedly powered by a single Williams WJ38-15 turbojet, giving it high-subsonic performance, and it carries its missiles internally &mdash; the AIM-120 AMRAAM today, with the longer-legged AIM-260 a likely future fit. General Atomics says it has already completed full-scale wind tunnel testing and demonstrated both the parachute-recovery and weapons-release systems.<\/p>\n<p>The design is deliberately host-agnostic. The same vehicle could be carried by fighters, slung under bombers, or even rolled out the back of a cargo aircraft as a palletized munition.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1789082116  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/f-15e-strike-eagle-launch-platform.jpg\" alt=\"An F-15 Eagle in flight\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The first X-68A flight tests will prove a safe launch from an F-15 Eagle. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\n<p>The payoff is reach and survivability. A fighter that can fling a missile-carrying drone forward effectively extends its own engagement range while keeping its pilot well back from danger &mdash; turning a single jet into the spearhead of a much deeper threat envelope. It is the same logic driving the Air Force&rsquo;s Collaborative Combat Aircraft, applied to the precise moment a missile leaves the rail.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;X-68A joins our growing fleet of advanced jet fighters, including the YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft, and supports GA-ASI&rsquo;s broader turn into supporting long-range strike, integrated autonomy, advanced sensing and other modern warfighting concepts.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>David R. Alexander<\/strong> &mdash; President, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The X-68A is GA-ASI&rsquo;s second X-plane, after the XQ-67A sensing drone. If the schedule holds, it will make its first flight &mdash; dropping clear of an F-15 over a test range &mdash; before the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic\">Sources: GA-ASI; DARPA; The War Zone; Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine; Aviation Week.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-force-cca-production-contracts-fq-42a-fq-44a-2026\/\">America&rsquo;s Robot Wingmen Go Into Production<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/after-iran-losses-usaf-bets-on-disposable-drones\/\">After Iran Losses, USAF Bets on Disposable Drones<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air combat is, at its core, a question of who shoots first from farthest away. 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