Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
Airbus: not connected to the ground via data-link.
What Boeing is proposing: data-link, either primary, or backup.
While scoffed at initially, it is now believed Iran did successfully hack into the data-link of a US drone, and either forced it to crash, or directed it to Iran. Either way, they captured it. (RQ-170; 2011).
If Boeing is proposing a fully-autonomous plane with no human backup, that will never fly (pun intended).
If it does have a data-link, it can probably be hacked.
I love all of the communications majors here.
Oh, and it will fly, it has flown.
Likely a flying wing or BWB variant as a military refueler/cargo plane followed by civie cargo followed by single pilot pax.
And stop using the RQ-170 as an example.
You don't know what happened and you're guessing.