Stealth Mach 2 Bodyguard Intercepts Enemy Fire at Blazing Speed

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Published 2024-07-30
Airbus is pioneering a revolutionary approach to military aviation, forging an unbeatable alliance between pilots and machines. At the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA in Berlin this June, the European aerospace giant unveiled its game-changing 'Wingman' concept – a sleek, stealthy marvel poised to transform aerial combat.

The vision is unprecedented: A Eurofighter Typhoon streaks across the sky, flanked by the Wingman, a cutting-edge drone that's more than just an autonomous sidekick. This advanced machine serves as a direct extension of the Typhoon, controlled in real-time from the fighter's cockpit. It's a lethal symphony of human and artificial intelligence, each amplifying the other's capabilities.

While drones have already reshaped modern warfare, as evidenced by their impact in Ukraine, Airbus envisions an even more integrated future. The Wingman isn't designed to replace human pilots; rather, it augments them, creating a force multiplier that could redefine air superiority.
Thus, the Typhoon becomes a mobile command center, deploying the Wingman into enemy territory. The drone jams hostile communications and radar while identifying targets for precise Eurofighter strikes. When the Typhoon faces threats, the Wingman can draw enemy fire, shielding the pilot in critical moments.

This dynamic duo has the potential to dominate the skies, opening new frontiers in combat drone applications where human and machine teams come together to dominate the battlefield.
All Comments (21)
  • @oldtanker4860
    This was a good 5 minute video. Too much duplication and repeating the same phrases like wingman drawing fire etc.
  • @johnhopkins6260
    First thought: G-force tolerance. A pilot takes months, if not years, to train; a drone can be programmed in minutes, if not seconds.
  • @lknanml
    I spent 12 years working and flying in UH-60s. Saw A LOT of drones take off heavy and come back light while deployed. We have 100% seen the turn around point for humans in cockpits. The next 20 years will be interesting. Stealth drones of all sizes and later AI flight. Fantastic. At some point some self driving truck with a HAL-9000 AI module will become self aware, shift into Maximum Overdrive and reach out to all it's AI friends and together they will Skynet us into the Matrix.
  • @grolaw
    This tech is the key to air superority. The line between human & autonomus control has long been blurred with fire & forget weapons like the Sidewinder’s IR tech.
  • @tuzu1758
    Okay taking bets. Which will we build into reality. Two movies to choose from: (A) "Stealth" or (B) Terminator?
  • @jmcw9632
    1st, becuase im not counting the bikini bots.
  • @jubjub7101
    Airbus is also making a new helicopter for the military. They’re killing it.
  • @rays2506
    Similar to the Boeing MQ-25 drone tanker that flies with naval aircraft like the F-18 and F-35 and uses buddy tanking to increase the combat radius of the crewed aircraft.
  • @martijnphilipse6864
    Turning a 2-ship into a 4+ship is a huge gamechanger....even though I'm seriously weary of the "AI" part
  • @StEvEn-dp1ri
    Hmmm, where have I heard this before? Oh yeah, the Loyal wingman program the U.S. has been working first.
  • @anthrobug
    I wonder if, instead of just dying when a drone gets destroyed, they could backup each one's 'brain' before a mission & then have the ones that come back share all the data with the ones that didn't, so their AI keeps improving based on actual mission data & not just simulations and training missions. And that way their evolution is based on a cumulation of survived missions without losing anything unique that can't be rebuilt with parts. Just like humans, the thinking part is the important one, except unlike people, these things can be backed up.
  • @AtroposLeshesis
    We shouldn't rely on smart weapons only. We have to plan on good old fashion technology that isn't reliant on systems that can stop functioning via electronic warfare
  • @Toadaboticus
    It's like somebody finally got the Enders Game Refrences we've been dropping with the drone game
  • @gotindrachenhart
    I don't know who needs to read this, but someone please put Toothless eyes over the intakes! :D Also, just me or did Dark Tech say the same thing about five times in this video? Is this a paid promo??
  • @hafashanum39
    And when this "WINGMAN" decides to play alone, from this unpredictable act The Skynet is born
  • @panpiper
    Lots of big, important sounding words and technobabble for ten minutes. Actual information content: "Drone wingman really nice."