A personal forecast for uncrewed carrier early warning

Could an uncrewed aircraft replace the carrier's airborne early-warning platform if signal processing and control remained aboard ship?

An uncrewed replacement is plausible, with control returning to the carrier and a supporting communications network linking the aircraft to the ship.

Dr. Clarke recalls predicting in an earlier paper that the Fleet Air Arm's future airborne-early-warning replacement would probably be uncrewed. A viewer suggests keeping signal processing aboard ship, an arrangement accepted as possible. The airborne platform would provide early warning while control remained aboard the carrier. A supporting communications network would be needed between ship and aircraft.