By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Air Force’s chief scientist thinks so.
Over at military.com, Kris Osborn discusses a new U.S. Air Force report to be released next month that outlines how F-35 Joint Strike Fighter pilots will be able to control a swarm of nearby drones from their cockpits while in flight.
According to Osborn, the new Air Force report, entitled “Autonomous Horizons,” will highlight plans to improve sensors, develop new algorithms and introduce new unmanned platforms. The paper will also deliberate on the teaming up of manned and unmanned aircraft, “wherein manned aircraft control the flight path and sensor payload of a nearby UAS while in flight.”
“We are setting up the ability for an aircraft to take high-level command of UAS [unnamed aircraft system]. Those unmanned aircraft will have to be capable of flying in concert in a safe manner. They will need to be capable of taking high level commands and be able to execute those effectively,” said Mica Endsley, the U.S. Air Force’s chief scientist, in an interview with military.com discussing the report.
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