US Army Aviation to be unmanned (mostly) by 2035
There was an interesting article in The Economist a few weeks ago about advances in AI allowing UAVs to have autonmous decision-making capacity, and even apply ethical judgements to a situation.
It will be interesting to see how UAV use develops in the future, particularly regarding information exchange and cooperation between UAVs.
I think the biggest weakness of UAVs compared to inhabited aircraft must be their inability to deal with unexpected situations or emergencies.
My suspicion is that we will move away from single, highly capable but costly, centrally controlled units like the Predator which have risks of costly single-point failure, to "flocks" of smaller, cheaper networked UAVs that can work together to provide saturated cover and which can lose a few units to hostile fire, technical failure, or weather without disrupting the entire system.
It will be interesting to see how UAV use develops in the future, particularly regarding information exchange and cooperation between UAVs.
I think the biggest weakness of UAVs compared to inhabited aircraft must be their inability to deal with unexpected situations or emergencies.
My suspicion is that we will move away from single, highly capable but costly, centrally controlled units like the Predator which have risks of costly single-point failure, to "flocks" of smaller, cheaper networked UAVs that can work together to provide saturated cover and which can lose a few units to hostile fire, technical failure, or weather without disrupting the entire system.
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Boatman.
I wasn't aware my post would come across as daily mail anything!
I was trying to refer to being on the ground, as my background is an army one, so if all was well for you, then it would be more likely to be me on the ground than you
. I also fully understood your Airbus ref, but am still not convinced that quoting a system that takes off from an in-putted place, and flies to another one set by an operator (with pre set heights and parameters) is the best way to go
On the other hand, I think I can help you with the horse thing. You did well to go to stores, but you may need to chose a different stores to get more luck.
I'd suggest either a cavalry or Horse Guard stores is your best bet
Plus, if you are worried about VVC getting there first......Go on a Saturday
I wasn't aware my post would come across as daily mail anything!
I was trying to refer to being on the ground, as my background is an army one, so if all was well for you, then it would be more likely to be me on the ground than you
. I also fully understood your Airbus ref, but am still not convinced that quoting a system that takes off from an in-putted place, and flies to another one set by an operator (with pre set heights and parameters) is the best way to goOn the other hand, I think I can help you with the horse thing. You did well to go to stores, but you may need to chose a different stores to get more luck.
I'd suggest either a cavalry or Horse Guard stores is your best bet
Plus, if you are worried about VVC getting there first......Go on a Saturday
