Special weapon systems that are light and carry "very powerful" warheads and the option of air refueling of armed UAVs are also "on the table,” according to a second source with knowledge of the discussions.
For a while, Turkey and Israel were the unexpected couple, the increasingly Muslim state buying the Jewish state's weapons and Israel offering Turkey a potentially strategic gas and oil pipeline. Today, Israel is reaching out to NATO and Turkish-Israeli relations are increasingly tense.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
The Swedes who build the Gripen fighter are known for being practical, producing advanced fighters that are relatively cheap (at least compared to almost everyone else). At the Paris Air Show the Gripen folks, SaaB Group. very deliberately floated an interesting idea. Since the Gripen uses fly-by-wire technology and advanced avionics which virtually eliminate the need […]