USN readies autonomous combat aircraft

[sideranautae]

"A human pilot would design its flight path and send it on its way. A computer program would guide it from a ship to the target and back."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-drone-fighter-jet-operations-20140818-story.html

A little behind the USAF but that is because of carrier quals.
Robotic fighting craft are here.

 

[Prime_Evil]

"All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record."
-- Terminator 2

Let's see how the real things perform in actual combat conditions...

 

[Reynard]

And elsewhere.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-ban-fully-autonomous-weapons

Didn't see all this coming in Travel... oh wait, they did. Shudusham Concords.

 

[sideranautae]

Let's see how the real things perform in actual combat conditions...

Quite well. The programming has been tested in combat already with other drones.

 

[sideranautae]

And elsewhere.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/16/us-ban-fully-autonomous-weapons

Didn't see all this coming in Travel... oh wait, they did. Shudusham Concords.

Funny isn't it? The press actually bought the "DoD policy" line.