Global Hawk Down
06-25-2017 | 07:43 AM
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They (RPAs) are a huge pain in the a$$ to other traffic in Afghanistan and other AORs. Too many near misses to count. Before pilot training all the propaganda Nazis were saying how every pilot will fly RPAs in their Air Force careers and how it is the "wave of the future," several years later most pilots I know in the AF will retire without ever having flown one. (FWIW they do an amazing job at specific mission sets and killing bad guys.)
Anyone who thinks autonomous airliners are on the horizon for anyone actually flying today is smoking some special type of dope.
Anyone who thinks autonomous airliners are on the horizon for anyone actually flying today is smoking some special type of dope.
I Hated hearing they were in a stack.
06-25-2017 | 06:31 PM
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That number seems high, but did you know the first crash of the RQ-4 (the #2 vehicle, IIRC) was due to a test going on at Nellis, where they practiced sending the "flight terminate" signal... and they didn't know there was an RQ-4 over China Lake and within signal range?
Yes, the RQ-4 at 40-something-thousand feet received the terminate command, and dutifully stopped flying and spun into the Earth... just like it was supposed to. Well done!!
And, yes, it had some expensive sensors on board (EO and ASARS).
Brilliant.
Yes, the RQ-4 at 40-something-thousand feet received the terminate command, and dutifully stopped flying and spun into the Earth... just like it was supposed to. Well done!!
And, yes, it had some expensive sensors on board (EO and ASARS).
Brilliant.
06-25-2017 | 08:39 PM
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No, did not know about that!
The numbers are from an Aviation Week article I read early in the program, ie long ago, and ie, I may be off. At the time, the Navy was debating getting into the program.
The lasting impressions on me from the article: 1. I was astounded at the loss rate percentage (I could see that happening with a Pred, flying a piston in lower-altitude weather), and 2. I think they were about $30 million each.
06-26-2017 | 04:05 AM
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06-27-2017 | 10:47 PM
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This was written back in 2014. Lots have happened since.
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
07-17-2017 | 08:56 AM
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This was written back in 2014. Lots have happened since.
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
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07-17-2017 | 11:51 AM
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This was written back in 2014. Lots have happened since.
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
When drones fall from the sky | The Washington Post
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