Can automated systems deal with unique events?

[Tourist]

Originally Posted by vmandr

Tourist

With all technology available to military, why they still use human pilots ? even their drones have 'pilots'.

Factually incorrect.

Even the most basic google search will find many that are not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Taranis

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...l-syst-374389/


I should also point out that the challenge of operating a military aircraft autonomously is orders of magnitude greater than an autonomous airliner.


I will restate.

It does not need to be perfect, merely better than humans to be worth the effort.