Thread: Successor to F-22 by 2025

Originally Posted by YellowFever

Funny this thread should pop up now.

I had a dream a few days ago:

I saw a flight of 24 identical planes of which only 6 were manned. They all looked exactly alike, except the 6 manned planes were vastly superior performance wise.

Once entering hostile territory, the unmanned flights would take the lead and launch missiles which were guided and controlled by the 6 planes that were manned, after which they would act as enemy missile fodder or go into a pre-determined flight path and become kamikaze planes and become in effect a tomahawk like cruise missiles themselves.

So did I see the future or is this just a crappy dream, dreamt by a fanboy? )

Thats an extension of SEAD/DEAD, in a way.

In another its the demo of Ah-64 + A/MH-6X mix

I don't think thats using AI technology to its fullest though. I mean, a properlly developed AI could in theory out perform an average human pilot anyday.

in my Point of view, the B1R concept is a must have. Although my dreamed B-1R is drastically different from that has been proposed.

My concept:
1.5-2m diameter AESA radar on B-1's nose (Im guessing would have around 400+km detection range vs Fighter sized targets, of course power usage would be ginormous
Carrying 20+ modified version of RIM-161(500km+ range) internally, as it would Bombs
a full array of active jammers along its back, as well as antenna farm like ALR-94
Powered by F-119s.

This to me is the ultimate "fighter"