Ep 589: The Drone Revolution Is Here With Grant "Slider" Bishop

Peaches, Trent, Aaron, and former F-16 Wild Weasel pilot Grant Bishop—better known as Grant “Slider” Bishop—sit down for one of the most important modern warfare conversations we’ve had yet.

This episode dives deep into the future of drones, AI, ISR, runway intelligence, battlefield data fusion, and why the next war won’t be won by a single platform—it’ll be won by whoever processes information the fastest.

Slider breaks down his background flying the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon in the Wild Weasel mission, how drone warfare has completely changed modern combat, and why the military acquisition process is struggling to keep up with the speed of real-world innovation coming out of Ukraine and beyond.

Then the boys go off on FPV drones, ISR overload, AI-assisted targeting, special operations integration, airport infrastructure intelligence, future battlefield sensors, and why the next generation of operators needs to think differently about warfare.

Bottom line: the future fight belongs to the side that can see, process, and act faster than everyone else.

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