![]() ![]() ![]() The ability of eyes on the scene to evaluate for himself taking into account everything in the area is vitally important. As for them phasing out pilots, not going to happen. Imagine a hostile hijacking a drone armed with hellfire missiles who redirects the drone to attack a school filled with children? Ya can't hijack a human mind, yet. Just look how easily the Iranians hijacked one of the US' drones. Where are those 20mm high explosive rounds going to land if I miss the enemy plane? What about that kid playing just down the block that the camera didn't pick up but an alert pilot would have seen? Nope, Pilots will always have to be present in some form even if they are just loitering in the area. The ability to have eyes on the scene to evaluate for himself taking into account everything in the area is vitally important. ![]() So, going from stealth to UAV, to Stealth UAV's. It's been rumored that pilots will be phased out by 2025 and that the USAF will only need remote TV's and joysticks to control the UAV's. Good luck asking for a manned aircraft in the 2010's-2020's. However, their most recent manned fighter aircraft was unveiled in 2011 as the "EDI Stealth": Grumman is merged with Northrop, so I highly doubt there will be a new addition to the Cat House. ![]()
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