Navy gears up for unmanned combat aircraft
By Darren Murph 
posted August 4th 2007 11:51AM
posted August 4th 2007 11:51AM
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posted August 4th 2007 11:51AM
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so, is SkyNet going to be commanding these fully armed, unmanned fighter jets? Yea, I think I'm going to start working on that fallout shelter again.....
Posting SkyNet comments on every one of these stories is officially tired.
A drone air force is a slightly more likely prospect than a robotic army for the foreseeable future.
That is, the current drones mimic piloted aircraft better than this robot trolley with a glued on gun mimics a soldier.
Cue Godsmack music...
I long for the days when wars will be fought entirely by robots on both sides. It'll be so entertaining for both sides to just sit back and watch that they'll forget why they're fighting in the first place.
Well, until either one of two things happen:
1) The robots are smart and efficient, so they will destroy each other... precipitating "conventional" war again
2) The robots will realize "OMGWTFBBQ why are we killing each other just to satisfy the needs of HU-MANS? Let's kill the humans AND BE FREE!!"
#2... :-/
Yeah, I saw that episode of Star Trek, too.
interestingly enough, Northrop Grumman is a subsidiary of Ugobe...
It will happen guys. Prototypes of these planes have already been built. Have you ever heard of the UCAS project? Unmanned Combat Air Systems. These things will be used all over the place. As of right now though, they will follow and hunt, and before firing will ask if they can take the opponent down. After clearance they will engage.
It will be Drones, but NOT without humans.
This is the next technology. F-22 was the next gen plane half a decade ago, and in the upcomming decade, it'll be unmanned planes.
OMG! he is sooo right! i saw that Stealth also ~ and that was based on a true story. mmmm jessica biel is so hot.
Some day, we will fight with robots. Matrix is going to be true.
Screw you lot, I'm joining the robots first chance I get. I know where my loyalties lie, and it involves some sort of awesome, human-crushing exoskeleton!
Yes, but can it play Doom?
not really the right time for that one dude
Actually, the aircraft that won that contract is made by Northrop-Grumman, who is also a F-35 team member. It would not compete with JSF.
Skynet? No. Accidental shoot-down of our own planes - including civil aircraft? You can bet your frail, fallible human ass.
I was thinking more along the lines of the semi-disposable drones in RahXephon when I saw this.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382992/plotsummary
hmm...
This is great news... for the profits of the military-industrial complex.
A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking real money.
No matter this is exactly what we need to defend ourselves against oppressed Third World camel riders.
Let's cut out the middleman and go straight for "A Taste of Armageddon":
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708414/
Didn't anyone see the movie "Stealth" ??
yes, it almost made me physically sick. The technobabble was hilarious though.
Look boss the drones are coming the drones!
Sounds similar to what Boeing is doing. http://www.robotliving.com/2007/06/20/robocopter/
I, for one... no, sorry, I can't do this anymore!
well someone must!
and I, for one, welcome our autonomous, aviatic robotic overlords.
UCAV's have been on the horizon since UAV's have been thought of. You have to remember that almost every evoloution of aviation assets in combat, started out as reconnaisance. The first manned military aircraft performed recon type missions first. It was only natural for them to take on a combat role soon after.
The X-45's (not sure of the designation they've been give as of now) are actually to be used sometime this year in combat in the obvious hot spots. They will be controlled on the ground by pilots in a room. The major advantage to tihs, is to have a jet platform, that are capable of maneuvers that a pilot could'nt withstand within a cockpit. G's are no longer an issue. Remember that most modern fighters are capapble of putting streeses on the human body, that not even a g-suit will keep you awake.
Autonomous UCAV's.....yeah it'll happen. Probably sooner than you think.
Oh, one more thing to add.
The Predator and Globalhawk drones/UAVs initially started out to do JUST recon. Now they're strapping Hellfires to the Predator and actually firing upon enemy targets.
Natural evoloution of the concept.........
Well seeing as the white house is already unmanned, this shouldn't come as a surprise at all...
LOL! Comment. . . Of The Century!
I've seen the end of this story already...not good for the humans! I just wish I could be around when the hot cylons arrive, oh well.
I've seen this movie, EDDIE goes crazy, kills some things he's not supposed to, endangers other real peoples lives but ultimately saves the day. Necessary losses, haha.
This is Skynet automated bomber 01 requesting permission to launch one nuclear missile at New York City.
Roger 01, proceed with bombing run.
Sounds like the future. No more dead pilots, good!
YET, what happens to learning from having suffered losses? What happened to being reasonable spenders? And why not spend some of that RD cash on bridges throughout the country?
i think the robot revolution will be essential to our technological development! ^^ becuase the robots will keep developing at a hight speed, and we can obtain the technology from them, if we survive XD.
"Lee Decker" had it right, this has nothing to do with defense and everything to do with perpetuating the military-industrial complex. And don't be fooled, as with present-day fighter jets these little UCAV marvels won't be US-exclusives, oh no, expect them to exported (Global Free Trade) from the mists of England to the desert kingdoms of the Middle East to our friends/allies in the Far East and lower Pacific. My advice ? Buy all the stock you can afford of the winning contractor, I am not sh*ting you.