Originally Posted by
CrimsonEclipse
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.
I agree, but it's going to take a lot longer than many people seem to think. At least 100 years, and that's probably on the low side.
Originally Posted by
CrimsonEclipse
And stop using the RQ-170 as an example.
You don't know what happened and you're guessing.
I do know what happened. The true story is more complicated, but does not bode well for autonomous aircraft in the near future. Bottom line autonomous aircraft carrying pax will need to be able to function in a TOTALLY autonomous manner, without relying on any help from the ground, because the EM spectrum is vulnerable on so many levels.