Posted on 02/10/2021 11:48:38 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s research and development wing, is developing an air-launched drone that will carry air-to-air missiles.
Fighter jets will carry the drone, which will allow the planes to reach out and touch targets far beyond the range of existing missiles. The prospect of such a drone opens up a world of possibilities, including launching the drone from other military aircraft, ships, and even land.
DARPA awarded Phase I design work contracts for the“Project LongShot” program to General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. LongShot“will increase the survivability of manned platforms by allowing them to be at standoff ranges far away from enemy threats, while an air-launched LongShot UAV efficiently closes the gap to take more effective missile shots,” DARPA said in a press release.
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Ah yes. The “Battlestar Galactica” scenario: enemy hackers suddenly turn YOUR fighter squadrons into THEIR fighter squadrons.
That is the way I remember the movie too.
Nice reply, better than I could have done.
You have some bizarre personality issues. Asking for evidence — not proof, as you incorrectly assert — is standard and expected behavior here and to not do so is irresponsible.
I have no bias against remotely-piloted or autonomous aircraft operations. Your implication that I do is another thing your delusional tendencies caused you to imagine.
Irony is not lost on you.
Missiles are much faster than planes and the G forces are proportional to speed. Even so, that number seems high.
In any case, the important metric is turn radius. To kill something that's turning, you have to make a shorter turn.
not to distant in to the future ALL military aircraft will be pilot less except for transport and refueling.
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