That may be true, but it seems to strengthen the case for moving the human out of the forward cockpit rather than keeping them there.

If the unmanned aircraft are the ones flying far ahead, taking the risk, and extending the standoff envelope, then why is the human still sitting in the forward fighter rather than supervising from a safer node further back?

At that point it seems like the architecture is optimizing for tactical latency and current doctrine, not necessarily for the cleanest end-state.