http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/ Engadget Comments for Navy gears up for unmanned combat aircraft http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
That is, the current drones mimic piloted aircraft better than this robot trolley with a glued on gun mimics a soldier.]]>Aug 4th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
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... :-/]]>Aug 4th 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
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.]]>Aug 4th 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382992/plotsummary
hmm...]]>Aug 4th 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
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.]]>Aug 4th 2007 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708414/


]]>Aug 4th 2007 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 5th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Sounds similar to what Boeing is doing. http://www.robotliving.com/2007/06/20/robocopter/]]>Aug 4th 2007 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 4th 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/and I, for one, welcome our autonomous, aviatic robotic overlords.]]>Aug 4th 2007 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
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. ]]>Aug 4th 2007 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/

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......... ]]>Aug 4th 2007 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 5th 2007 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 5th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 5th 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 5th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
Roger 01, proceed with bombing run.]]>Aug 5th 2007 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/
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?]]>Aug 6th 2007 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 6th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/04/navy-gears-up-for-unmanned-combat-aircraft/Aug 6th 2007 9:01PM