The Boeing Airpower Teaming System is the company's first unmanned system developed in Australia and designed for global defense customers.Boeing
NBC: Robotic fighter jets could soon join military pilots on combat missions. Here's why.
The fast-flying drones would scout enemy locations and draw fire that otherwise would be directed at human pilots.
Military pilots may soon have a new kind of wingman to depend upon: not flesh-and-blood pilots but fast-flying, sensor-studded aerial drones that fly into combat to scout enemy targets and draw enemy fire that otherwise would be directed at human-piloted aircraft.
War planners see these robotic wingmen as a way to amplify air power while sparing pilots' lives and preventing the loss of sophisticated fighter jets, which can cost more than $100 million apiece.
"These drone aircraft are a way to get at that in a more cost-effective manner, which I think is really a game-changer for the Air Force," says Paul Scharre, director of the technology and national security program at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, D.C.
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