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2025-08-25 Science & Technology

Navy Fighter Pilots Need To Gain Trust In Pilotless Wingmen By Actually Flying With Them

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [134 views ] Top

#1 ...It's going to be years - maybe a decade or more - before Naval Aviators trust CCAs once they happen. Anybody thinking, "Hey, we're just gonna drop these on the fleet," is in for a rude surprise.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-08-25 06:29|| 2025-08-25 06:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Not just pilots. "Hey Grunt, take this robot carrying a machine gun with you when you go on patrol."
Who wants to try that out? Hands?

Posted by ed in texas 2025-08-25 08:23|| 2025-08-25 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Exactly how are they going to make the drones unjammable and, more importantly, un-hackable by a near Peer adversary? Hmmm?

Posted by magpie 2025-08-25 17:18|| 2025-08-25 17:18|| Front Page Top

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