Originally Posted by
Foghorn Leghorn
LJ, thought control and gestures to control aircraft, in a manned sense, is not going to happen in our lifetime. Pilots of Typhoon and F35 already are a pilot and WSOP all rolled into one. Further, I would say these aircraft are already simple to fly which allows one to concentrate on the mission systems and task.
That wearable tech is already with us old fruit, so it will absolutely be within our lifetime. The leap from controlling an uncrewed air vehicle to one with people in it, is tiny:
As for a cross between a Pilot and WSOp with less pure piloting skills - it’s called a WSO