http://www.historynet.com/will-unmanned-aircraft-systems-replace-pilots.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 07:22:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/will-unmanned-aircraft-systems-replace-pilots.htm#comment-800294 DesertHiFlyer Mon, 07 May 2012 18:24:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683019#comment-800294 So far, at least, it seems RPVs saved us a lot of logistics and POWs. So far, at least, it seems RPVs saved us a lot of logistics and POWs.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/will-unmanned-aircraft-systems-replace-pilots.htm#comment-786362 Midnite Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:47:18 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683019#comment-786362 Unlikely. Unmanned aircraft comes packaged complete with their own sets of weaknesses that a savvy enemy can exploit. Autonomous airplanes will only be as good as the people that program them, so their tactical flexibility in any given situation is questionable. Remote controlled aircraft are only as reliable as the signal that links them to their pilots, which suggest that the countermeasures against them might be a lot cheaper than the weapon system itself. Robotic warfare adds a new dimension to the battlefield, but I hardly think it's going to replace anything that is already on it, either in the near future or afterward. Unlikely. Unmanned aircraft comes packaged complete with their own sets of weaknesses that a savvy enemy can exploit. Autonomous airplanes will only be as good as the people that program them, so their tactical flexibility in any given situation is questionable. Remote controlled aircraft are only as reliable as the signal that links them to their pilots, which suggest that the countermeasures against them might be a lot cheaper than the weapon system itself. Robotic warfare adds a new dimension to the battlefield, but I hardly think it's going to replace anything that is already on it, either in the near future or afterward.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/will-unmanned-aircraft-systems-replace-pilots.htm#comment-784947 krb Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:15:03 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683019#comment-784947 I hope not. The recent loss of that stealth spy plane proves the point...a remote pilot cannot react the same way as a pilot on site. that would have never happened had there been a pilot onboard. I understand it was a smallish remotely controlled aircraft, and better to lose a machine than a pilot, but no robotic aircraft will ever be able to perform at the level a manned aircraft in so far as being able to react to the situation. I hope not. The recent loss of that stealth spy plane proves the point…a remote pilot cannot react the same way as a pilot on site. that would have never happened had there been a pilot onboard. I understand it was a smallish remotely controlled aircraft, and better to lose a machine than a pilot, but no robotic aircraft will ever be able to perform at the level a manned aircraft in so far as being able to react to the situation.

]]> http://www.historynet.com/will-unmanned-aircraft-systems-replace-pilots.htm#comment-690528 Old Crow Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:59:09 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13683019#comment-690528 Until they can come up with a 10+ G pilot the future of atmospheric flight belongs to RPG/APG aircraft. Until they can come up with a 10+ G pilot the future of atmospheric flight belongs to RPG/APG aircraft.

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