Saturday, September 6, 2014

Will Future Fighter Jets Be Flown By ROBOTS? (Updated)

Boeing concept for F/A-XX. Boeing Image

Will Future Fighter Jets Be Flown By ROBOTS? Pentagon Plans To Have Artificially Intelligent Pilots In Its Next-Generation Aircraft -- Daily Mail

The Pentagon in Virginia is planning to introduce artificial intelligence to a future generation of fighter jets
The plan is to use AI as co-pilots to humans and to help with sensory data and possibly with landings on aircraft carriers
Such technology may be used in the US Navy's upcoming F/A-XX jet
And it may also feature in the US Air Force's F-X fighter jet
Both are being designed to enter operation by 2030 at the earliest

Who will be flying the military aircraft of tomorrow? According to the Pentagon, it may partially fall in the hands of artificial intelligence (AI).

Reports say that both the US Navy and Air Force are planning next-generation fighters that don't have just a human pilot.

Future fighter jets may have an AI co-pilot on board that can help with sensory data in addition to autonomously landing the plane on an aircraft carrier.

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My Comment: Another development in science where practical applications are still far away in the future .... but it is still an indication on where military planners want to go.

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