If you send armed drone tiltrotors into battle, aren't armed helicopters controlling them a needless middle man? Heck, isn't the expensive drone tiltrotor an overly expensive means of delivering fire support?
Huh:
Anduril announced plans to make an autonomous attack tiltrotor that the company hopes the U.S. Army will pair with its helicopters for future missions.
Nicknamed Thunder, the vertical-takeoff-and-landing rotorcraft is to be autonomous, heavily armed, hybrid-electric powered, and roughly group five-sized. It’s being designed to “be packed into a standard shipping container” for easy transport ...
Company officials say multiple uncrewed tiltrotors could accompany each crewed helicopter on a mission.
Why not cut out the manned helicopter middle man?
And honestly, do we need the drone tiltrotor for fire support?
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