Collaborative Combat Aircraft is the"Loyal Wingman"which the US Air Force is currently focusing on.It will cooperate with manned platforms to change the future air combat style and equipment development model.Firstly,the overall development states and latest progress are summarized from five aspects,namely orientation,acquisition strategy,development model,training and logistics support,core technologies.And then,it is compared and analyzed with two potential bidding solutions,namely XQ-67A from GA-ASI and Fury from Anduril.At last,the future operating patterns of Collaborative Combat Aircraft are discussed based on different tasks.The research shows that Collaborative Combat Aircraft is based on enhancing the efficiency of manned platform;promoting the platform and system separately and simultaneously;adopting incremental development mode;proposing"Flight-ready storage"mode for train-ing and logistics support;and highlighting unified architecture and artificial intelligent in core technologies.The future operating pat-terns cover multi-aircraft cooperative intelligence,reconnaissance and surveillance,strike and electromagnetic spectrum operations,etc.The Collaborative Combat Aircraft is emphasized on low-cost,rapid research and development,full spectrum,which will help the US air combat system accelerate towards scale,intelligence and synergy,and shape the advantages of quality and quantity.
关键词
合作式作战飞机/无人僚机/有人/无人协同/人工智能/XQ-67无人机/"狂怒"无人机
Key words
Collaborative Combat Aircraft/Loyal Wingman/Manned and Unmanned Teaming/Artifi-cial Intelligence/XQ-67/Fury