Is to be expected!
"... Two collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs, fighter-like drones) made pioneering shots of air-to-air missiles late last year.
There were differences between the level of autonomy that was achieved. And, when CCA’s are operational, there will probably be enduring differences between the level of autonomy that’s allowed.
On 30 November, a Baykar Kizilelma was the first ... The CCA detected, tracked and shot down a jet-powered aerial target. No uncrewed aircraft is known to have previously fired an air-to-air missile.
Notably, the Kizilelma’s own radar guided the weapon, a medium-range Gokdogan somewhat equivalent to the Raytheon AIM-120 Amraam and made by Turkey’s Tubitak Sage.
Baykar is aiming for Kizilelmas to decide on their own what to do, including launching missiles: it says that aircraft of the type will eventually perform patrol and interception missions autonomously. They’ll do this in designated airspace, it says—perhaps meaning free-fire zones, those in which anything in the air is an allowable target.
In a further step towards such missions, Baykar demonstrated two Kizilelma prototypes autonomously flying in close formation on 27 December. The design has since undergone more tests."
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