Could a Swordfish-style aircraft become an uncrewed platform for sonobuoys and torpedoes?
Short answerIts simple controls make the idea plausible, provided a modern derivative could also reproduce the original engine's reliability.
NotesA viewer connects the proposed sonobuoy and torpedo carrier with the Fairey Swordfish. Its simple flying surfaces and controls make an uncrewed derivative seem feasible. Engine reliability is a separate attraction, and reproducing that reliability in a modern powerplant would matter as much as automating the controls. This is a design possibility without an existing aircraft programme identified.