Originally Posted by
CoffmanStarter
For example ... would it be best to control Air Combat Drones/UAV's from the ground (as with current Reconnaissance or Ordnance delivery UAV's), or controlled from the air by something like a Sentry ... or is it conceivable that a Fighter Pilot could even have Drones/UAV's as Wingmen that could then be deployed in a "fight"?
Coff.
Took a quick look on the web and found some interesting articles.
Drone shoots down drone:
The little known story of how a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper shot down another drone with a heat seeking missile
https://fightersweep.com/12293/the-l...eking-missile/
DARPA tech lets one pilot control multiple aircraft using only their brain
https://fightersweep.com/12291/darpa...y-their-brain/
The Skyborg Program: The Air Force’s new plan to give fighter pilots drone sidekicks
https://fightersweep.com/12241/the-s...one-sidekicks/
Thread drift but maybe of interest:
Declassified supersonic spy drone flew multiple failed missions over China in the 1960s
https://fightersweep.com/12316/decla...-in-the-1960s/
War of the drones is on the horizon. It was also predicted by Nostradamus, according to a book I read in the 90's interpreting his writings of the future. Shame it didn't mention Euro-millions lottery numbers.