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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
And to continue on...
funding tests of some of the Cormorant's unique systems...after which DARPA will decide whether it will fund a flying prototype.
In other words, proof of concept. Not an actual project (yet). Another PopSci dream?
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This will happen. Militaries all over the world are switching reconnaissance and light strike aircraft to UAV/UCAV types, wherever possible. Lighter, longer-ranged, and most importantly- cheap.
As for the sub-launched option, it's not far-fetched at all. A BGM-109 "Tomahawk" is a cruise missile that is essentially the same concept. The military (Navy) wants to stay as large, and have as large a budget as possible, meaning changing over the role of ballistic missile nuclear submarines (SSBN), and aircraft carriers.