FYI this is how I am seeing USA vs Russian UCAV tactics/technology in this scenario:



USA: In order to maintain airpower balance with Russia US chose to dramatically increase production of UCAVs but this created bottlenecks in aircrew training and recruitment. A solution was found by which 6 UCAVs in formation were linked in a data 'hex' in which the pilot would need to control only one aircraft in the 'hex' at any time and any aircraft in the hex could be (re)designated as the 'primary' aircraft for control purposes. Pilots do not 'fly' the aircraft in realtime (except for takeoff and landing) but set waypoints and issue tactical commands from a command set. UCAVs are controlled by AWACS or Satellite when out of Line of Sight. US UCAV platforms are equally suited to air to air and air to ground combat and not specialised in either.

PROS: significantly reduced training and personnel time/cost, significantly reduced unit cost per fighter aircraft, reduced data flow between ground-air elements lowering vulnerability to electronic warfare attacks and allowing dedication of data bandwidth to eg video, long range between ground based pilot and aircraft possible
CONS: vulnerability to EW or kinetic attacks to satellite comms links, inferior combat capabilities of AI vs human pilots, lag time in control inputs between ground based pilot and aircraft

Russia: Russian designers identified a weakness in US UCAV technology in that it is reliant on Satellite communication for command and control. Russian UCAVs instead can use any UCAV comms capable base station (ground or air, eg ground station, UCAV comms equipped aircraft or AWACS) for direct command control. Pilots fly the aircraft in real time while a system/weapons officer controls radar/targeting/weapons systems. Russian UCAVs are capable of air-air loadouts, but designed primarily for close air support, air-air combat still primarily to be fought with piloted aircraft. Russian war planners firmly believe that human pilots are still superior in dogfight combat to UCAV AI systems, however all Russian piloted aircraft are fitted with a combat AI that can take control of the aircraft from the pilot in extreme threat environments.

PROS: no vulnerability to EW or kinetic attacks on satellite comms, no reliance on AI for flight or weapons control, superiority in human vs AI decision making in combat
CONS: high personnel and training time/cost, distance between pilot and aircraft limited to LoS or over-the-horizon AWACS relay range, comms bandwidth bottlenecks due to requirement for each ground station to be in direct contact with a single aircraft (AWACS limit of 20 slaved UCAVs at any one time), UCAV control vulnerable to loss of AWACS aircraft but any UCAV control capable platform can substitute

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