The race to build the fighter planes of the future

2 Anon84 3 5/16/2025, 10:42:57 AM economist.com ↗

Comments (3)

nothercastle · 8h ago
Missiles have gotten so good what you really need is cheap 1 way platforms.
incomingpain · 10h ago
Trump pushed the F47? France/Germany's 6th gen is probably better.

But I wonder. The future is obviously pilotless fighter drones. Without the need to have any pilot focused things, you dramatically reduce cost, weight, range and stealth/size of the fighter jet.

The actual pilot gets to be in a cozy room operating it with a vr headset via starlink.

jqpabc123 · 9h ago
operating it with a vr headset via starlink.

Which gives Musk control over your (and possibly your adversary's) defenses.

Ask Ukraine how well this works.