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RAF chief says the future air force must rely on 'autonomy, not flesh' with AI drones flying alongside Typhoon jets

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, who told the Royal United Services Institute that each Typhoon fighter should be accompanied by four AI-enabled drones, cautioned that threats to Britain "could prove existential.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, who told the Royal United Services Institute that each Typhoon fighter should be accompanied by four AI-enabled drones, cautioned that threats to Britain "could prove existential.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has warned Britain has around 1,000 days to be war-ready, as the RAF is directed to prepare for potential conflict with Russia by 2030.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has warned Britain has around 1,000 days to be war-ready, as the RAF is directed to prepare for potential conflict with Russia by 2030.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth delivered the Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture at the Royal United Services Institute in London on Monday, warning that Britain faces threats which are "proximate, rapidly evolving" and could prove "existential" if left unchecked. He argued that the rules-based international order underpinning Britain's security for generations is being "actively challenged and dismantled" by adversaries, and that the RAF must be ready to fight Russia by 2030.

Smyth said AI "never gets tired, doesn't lose consciousness at 9G" and doesn't need a toilet break mid-mission.

Each Typhoon fighter would fly with four AI-enabled drones able to range hundreds of miles away, sharply cutting frontline manpower requirements.

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