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I'm thinking it'll be more of a hybrid model, where you'll have a human in a fighter jet with an accompanying drone swarm, where the fighter serves primarily as
by scottLobster 4y ago
I'm thinking it'll be more of a hybrid model, where you'll have a human in a fighter jet with an accompanying drone swarm, where the fighter serves primarily as a missile truck/Command and Control system, with perhaps the potential for direct human intervention in certain scenarios.
But I doubt pilots will be dog-fighting or doing their own bombing runs in the near future.
- ianburrell 4y agoI don’t think it will be swarm since there are size limits for drones to carry useful payload. The US is working on drones that would accompany fighters and provide extra ammo. They would also be useful for simple jobs like loitering and dropping smart bombs that US strategic bombers did a lot in Afghanistan. I doubt pilots will be dogfighting or doing bombing runs because those aren’t done any more.
- gopalv 4y ago> I'm thinking it'll be more of a hybrid model, where you'll have a human in a fighter jet with an accompanying drone swarm The "Loyal Wingman" project is already underway to build that, though not as a swarm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_MQ-28_Ghost_Bat India is doing the same thing with their CATS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Combat_Air_Teaming_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_Combat_Air_Teaming_System