Indeed, in the whole NGAD concept (and other concepts of "future air combat systems," such as FCAS/SCAF, GCAP), drones are to play a very large but not leading role. The air forces of most ...

The UK’s BAE Systems Tempest concept and Japan’s Mitsubishi ... program on the European continent known as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) which is headed by Dassault and Airbus Defense ...