Originally Posted by
The B Word
Yup, predictable just like Taranis. Autonomous aircraft are so far away, despite what the progressive visionaries say, and I would be amazed if we saw a fully autonomous UCAV before 2050. Even then, I suspect it will always have a human “on the loop”. We don’t even have an uncrewed aircraft that can fly autonomously in unsegregated Class G airspace yet, so really the Mosquito was going to be little more than a radio controlled Hawk (wasn’t that a Jindivik?).
It will also put the mockers on Project VIXEN:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vixen
Is this why Taranis fizzled out?
Why have people tried so hard to produce aircraft in this class?
Are the Kratos aircraft, MQ-25 and Ghost Bat similarly 'doomed' do you think?