As we reported yesterday, VX-23 'Salty Dogs' made history with the first seamless carrier operations between an unmanned combat drone and a F/A-18 Hornet. The video below gives us a glimpse of what the Navy's air combat capability of the future will look like.
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DISCUSSION
So in a drone-based navy, what will "squadrons" entail. Your pilot is an interchangeable component probably sitting somewhere outside San Diego... Will the "squadron" on the boat just be the people who repair specific drones?
Weeeird.