that was an intresting article that you have linked us to, alonious.
thanks
you could put a little more effort into your OP's though!

This is a completely autonomous aircraft....no pilot will land or take it off the deck...all automated and flown by a "pentium 4"

Originally posted by Juggernog
Its notable to mention that not only is it unmanned, it is completely autonomous, no pilot at all.. Skynet type system is becoming reality.

That's what the article says but can't it be remotely piloted if they want to override the autonomous program?

It seemed like that was a problem with the fictional skynet...they seemed to have forgotten to put in override systems to stop the autonomous execution. On the other hand, if it won't accept any external commands, that would prevent an enemy from using jammers or taking control of it, both of which were suggested as possibilities when Iran downed a US drone shortly after buying some jammers from Russia.

Pilots have always been the weak point of a piloted aircraft, for endurance, maneuverability, etc. It's pretty interesting technology that eliminates the pilot completely. Now let's see how well it actually works. Since it's experimental, there may be a few bugs to work out.

Ok, I had to laugh at the fact that this is an unmanned aircraft, and yet, there's a guy standing in front of it marshalling it. Really?