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Collaborative Aircraft Require Step Up In Battle Management, Air Force Official Says

Collaborative Aircraft Require Step Up In Battle Management, Air Force Official Says
Kratos' XQ-58A Valkyrie completed its inaugural flight March 5, 2019 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona. The drone is a potential candidate for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. (Air Force Photo)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Conducting battle management from a cockpit or a command-and-control aircraft is nothing new but the coming introduction of long-range jet-powered drones that will work with manned platforms amid a shift to all-domain sensor and communications networking will introduce a more complex battlespace that requires greater levels of integration and training, an Air Force official said on Monday. In the “all-domain fight” that includes coalition partners, the “long-range kill chain” may include a space-based sensor giving a target update…

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