The aircraft flew up to speeds of 1,200mph. DARPA did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

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    8 months ago

    Yeah, but procurement of a combat pilot has about a two-decade lead time. You can build more jets a lot quicker (potentially even including the R&D phase).

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      8 months ago

      Also as this war expands to become planet-wide, industrial output of drones will expand many orders of magnitude.