US puts jet-drone teams to bigger test in race with China for air supremacy
loyal wingman' drones as it races against China towards the next frontier of air dominance.
Chinese military observers said the People's Liberation Army was matching the United States in this technology.
The Air Force Research Laboratory said earlier this month that pilots operating an F-16C Fighting Falcon and an F-15E Strike Eagle each controlled two
XQ-58A Valkyrie drones in an air combat training exercise.
The exercise was a test of real-time integration between crewed and semi-autonomous systems, according to the laboratory, which is the US Air Force's main scientific research and development centre.
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