The Australian Army intends to adopt the Loyal Wingman unmanned wingmen developed by Boeing as part of
The main goal of producing unmanned wingmen is to develop relatively cheap and reusable devices, the loss of which will not lead to serious financial costs and the death of pilots.
According to Boeing's agreement with the Australian Air Force, the concernwill have to develop three prototype aircraft with a length of 11 m and a wingspan of 11.7 m. It is planned that the device will be able to fly over a distance of up to 3.7 thousand km.
The drone will receive an artificial intelligence system that allows it to autonomously perform certain tasks and in combat conditions act like a manned fighter.
Earlier it was reported that the slave drone planes, which is developed by the US Air Force, will learn the art of flying from human pilots.