air-to-air
adjective
: launched from one airplane in flight at another
air-to-air missiles
also
: involving aircraft in flight
air-to-air combat
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Production nearly doubled in 2025 from 2024 and performance has been proven through more than 6,000 test shots and 13 air-to-air combat victories.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
An aircraft carrying dozens of interceptors, effectively miniature air-to-air missiles, could take out far more Shaheds at a fraction of the cost.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
To do this, Washington has few alternatives to urgent, heavy investment in far greater production capacity and rapid procurement of existing long-range air-to-air, surface-to-air, and air-to-surface missiles, as well as F-35, F-47, and B-21 combat aircraft and nuclear attack submarines.
—Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025
However, where early efforts focused on air-to-air combat capabilities, Talon goes for a multi-mission approach able to handle intelligence collection, acting as a decoy for enemy fire, and as a missile carrier using its advanced AI with its human-on-the-loop autonomous functions.
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
An aircraft carrying dozens of interceptors, effectively miniature air-to-air missiles, could take out far more Shaheds at a fraction of the cost.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
To do this, Washington has few alternatives to urgent, heavy investment in far greater production capacity and rapid procurement of existing long-range air-to-air, surface-to-air, and air-to-surface missiles, as well as F-35, F-47, and B-21 combat aircraft and nuclear attack submarines.
—Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2025
However, where early efforts focused on air-to-air combat capabilities, Talon goes for a multi-mission approach able to handle intelligence collection, acting as a decoy for enemy fire, and as a missile carrier using its advanced AI with its human-on-the-loop autonomous functions.
—New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2025
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