The Navy's Surprise Unmanned Fighter Is a Glimpse of War's Near Future
The Navy converted manned combat jets into unmanned ones. Nobody had any idea they were doing it.
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By Kyle Mizokami
Feb 5, 2020
The U.S. Navy announced that it converted EA-18G Growler electronic attack jets into unmanned vehicles.
In a test, a manned Growler controlled two unmanned Growlers.
The previously unknown test could mean that unmanned Navy warplanes are coming sooner than experts thought.
In a surprise announcement, the U.S. Navy revealed on Tuesday that it had successfully flown tests involving unmanned versions of the EA-18G Growler electronic attack fighter. The tests involved a single manned EA-18G controlling two unmanned versions of the same aircraft, opening up the possibility that the U.S. Navy could fly armed unmanned aircraft sooner than originally thought.
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