[QUOTE]Boeing has revealed that it has retrofitted retired fighter jets to turn them into drones.
It said that one of the Lockheed Martin F-16 made a first flight with an empty cockpit last week.
Two US Air Force pilots controlled the plane from the ground as it flew from a Florida base to the Gulf of Mexico.[/QUOTE]
Everyones favorite flavored source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24231077[/url]
manned flight is probably gonna be a thing of the past within the first half of this century, innit?
[QUOTE=Furioso;42301629]manned flight is probably gonna be a thing of the past within the first half of this century, innit?[/QUOTE]
manned warfare more like.
[editline]25th September 2013[/editline]
at least on one side that is...
this is a great piece of technology and should bring a much needed increase in our efficiency of killing people
[QUOTE=Furioso;42301629]manned flight is probably gonna be a thing of the past within the first half of this century, innit?[/QUOTE]
Nope. The human element can't go missing from an aircraft, and it's pretty tough to replicate what its like to be in an aircraft when you're on the ground. I highly doubt we'll ever have unmanned fighter aircraft.
"Boeing suggested that the innovation could ultimately be used to help train pilots, providing an adversary they could practise firing on."
well, atleast training will be alot more realistic.
Top Gun II : Office Space Edition.
We are really working on making our military vehicles automated are we? Future warfare is probably going to be like something out of supreme commander where we just unleash tons of automated machines at our enemy.
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