Exosonic

We're addressing the lack of representative, affordable aircraft used for air combat training that are necessary to ensure US fighter pilots are well-trained to protect the US against a near-peer threat, like China. Today's fighter pilots either train against very expensive operational aircraft like F-35s, F-22s, or F-16s. To save on cost, the USAF and US Navy hire air combat training companies who fly 60 - 70 year old aircraft platforms acting as 21st century enemy fighter aircraft. Needless to say, these give US fighter pilots a false sense of air superiority in training which may not translate well in actual combat. Exosonic wants to be at least 2x cheaper than existing commercial solutions (or 3 - 5x cheaper than existing government solutions) by developing supersonic UAVs that actually represent today's adversaries. These supersonic UAVs will allow fighter pilots to train like they fight so they can be adequately prepared to defend against enemy threats.