Navy’s UCLASS Could Be Air to Air Fighter:
"Manazir contemplated the possibility that that the UCLASS, which is primarily
being designed for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and
strike roles, could be used as a flying missile magazine which could supplement
the firepower of the F/A-18E/F and F-35C Joint Strike Fighter in air-to-air combat
as a robotic wingman of sorts."
"“Maybe we put a whole bunch of AMRAAMs (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air
Missile) on it and that thing is the truck,” Manazir said. “So this unmanned truck
goes downtown with—as far as it can go—with a decision-maker.”
In Manazir’s vision the UCLASS could be commanded remotely from a Northrop
Grumman E-2D Hawkeye or a Lockheed Martin F-35C Joint Strike Fighter flight
leader."
See:
http://news.usni.org/2014/02/13/navy...ir-air-fighter