24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-P.15

UCAVS MOVES TOWARD REVOLUTION IN FUTURE WAR TIME

M. Asim, S. Ashraf*
Ahq Chaklala (Project Vision) Rawalpindi, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan; *Satuma (Pakistan), Union Council Road , Sihala,a Islamabad, Pakistan

Keywords: UCAV, DARPA

Promotion of stand off weapons reduces the exposure of combat air planes to hostile fire. The idea is to put as much distance as possible between a pilot and dense defense encircling high value targets. At some point specific types of aircraft likely will be removed from the battle, with robotic craft taking their places in combat.

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