Elon Musk says human-piloted fighter jets like the F-35 are obsolete. Drone tech can't yet fill the gap.
The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet.
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US Air Force plans new unmanned aircraft capable of carrying 500 lbs over 230 miles
Silent Arrow has secured a $1.8M Phase II SBIR contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop and test the CLS-200 drone.
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Silent Arrow® Wins Competitive Air Force Contract to Develop 200 Mile Contested Logistics Drone
AFRL Direct to Phase II contract will fund the development, build and flight test of 6 Silent Arrow® CLS-200 aircraft to ...
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To hit deep inside Russia, Ukraine has built its own drones
President Biden has now given Ukraine permission to use U.S. ballistic missiles inside Russia. While it was waiting, Ukraine ...
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Massive trouble for India, US as China unveils ‘Mother of all Drones’, capable of carrying…, equipped with…
The Jetank drone is massive in size and can carry missiles, bombs, and smaller drones, earning the moniker of “swarm carrier.” The drone has a maximum takeoff weight of 16 tons, a maximum ...
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Stealth fighters and a massive mothership drone: The high-tech weapons China unveiled at its largest airshow
China showed off its rapidly advancing military technology by unveiling ... A massive mothership drone that can carry a payload of up to six tons, Jetank has a wingspan of 25 meters (82 feet ...
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Russian forces test flying flamethrower to target Ukrainian firedrones
(Youtube) MILAN — Russian troops claim to have developed a flamethrower drone designed to counter Ukrainian first-person-view drones carrying ... advisor on Russian military technology at ...