Posted Aug 4th 2007 11:51AM by Darren Murph
While the idea of an
autonomous flying military bot is
far from new, the US
Navy has taken a first step toward "developing an unmanned combat aircraft that some advocates say could compete with Lockheed Martin's F-35 joint strike fighter."
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $636 million contract to design, build, and fly an Unmanned Combat Air System "that would operate from the decks of the Navy's giant nuclear-powered aircraft carriers," and if things goes as planned, we could see the gunners join our forces "within 10 to 15 years." And considering that we're
already deploying land-based mechanical soldiers to fire our weapons, we'd say the full-fledged robotic army is certainly
closing in.
source : engadget.com
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