The ‘High-End’ Drone Is a Lie. The Future of Air Combat is Purely Expendable.
Saab’s new A3 concept is a gorgeous, high-end vision for the future of autonomous air combat. But real warfare has shifted to cheap, expendable drone swarms. The true winner of the collaborative combat race won’t be the one who builds the most capable jet, but the one ruthless enough to build a platform cheap enough to throw away.