US Air Force’s Upgraded ROBOpilot Takes to the Skies

US Air Force’s Upgraded ROBOpilot Takes to the Skies
A Cessna 206 on the runway at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, during a flight test of an unmanned air platform on Sept. 24, 2020. Air Force/Courtesy
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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The U.S. Air Force’s ROBOpilot is back in the driving seat—or, rather, where the seat should be.

Autonomous aircraft are currently being developed by many militaries around the world. Designs typically sit somewhere between two approaches: start from scratch with no capacity to carry a human; or tap into the electronic brain of an existing modern fly-by-wire aircraft.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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