11 mai 2023 | International, Aérospatial

US Air Force wants drone wingmen to bring ‘mass’ airpower on a budget

The Air Force plans to collect industry's ideas for creating drone wingmen and use them to flesh out how it might use collaborative combat aircraft.

https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2023/05/11/us-air-force-wants-drone-wingmen-to-bring-mass-airpower-on-a-budget/

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