CENTCOM shut down ALL flight operations in a part of the world recently due to 2 near-midairs in the span of 12 hrs ("tens of feet") between manned and unmanned. It's only a matter of time when the wreckage of 2 aircraft (1 manned, 1 unmanned) will be falling to the ground in some ROZ. We're just starting to introduce them during our exercises and have already had a close call...

We all know it's the future... That said, how many times have you avoided a midair because 1 set of eyes saw it and maneuvered? My answer is "more than 1, less than 20...". Take away 50% of the "eyes", now what?

UAV's loose in the National Airspace? All good until 2 unmanned heavies hit each other over Chicago.

Diatribe complete, back to writing UAS-manned deconfliction SPINS for our next exercise so I can walk away without this happening on my watch.