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01-29-2016, 04:05 PM | #1 |
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Here's a good read about the F-35 JSF fighter jet that the company I work for makes the helmet for. I work on a filter device for radar on the jet also. It's Sci Fi stuff!
The Last Fighter Pilot | Popular Science |
01-30-2016, 10:08 PM | #2 |
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Thanks. This machine is at the top of my list for wanting a Joe version.
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01-30-2016, 10:37 PM | #3 |
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Interesting read, makes me wonder if pilots will be obsolete by the time the next generation of fighter jets rolls off the assembly line. Skynet anyone?
Now back to toys; the F-35 would have went through numerous production runs if Big H had made this instead of the newly tooled 30th/50th Skystriker. I would have bought at least 5.
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02-29-2016, 08:57 AM | #4 |
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Interesting read, makes me wonder if pilots will be obsolete by the time the next generation of fighter jets rolls off the assembly line. Skynet anyone?
Now back to toys; the F-35 would have went through numerous production runs if Big H had made this instead of the newly tooled 30th/50th Skystriker. I would have bought at least 5. |
02-29-2016, 05:00 PM | #5 |
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I think drones would have worked well during WWII where civilian attrition was accepted and a strategically important part of defeating the Axis war machine, had the tech existed. Now, civilian attrition due to fog of war mis-targettings become massively politicized affairs. It seems to me that a drone airfleet would be far less socially acceptable now than it historically ever could have been.
Also, what does a drone versus a manned fighter save us? Pretty much, the bulk of the proposition rests on preserving the life of the pilot (well, there are performance issues given that a number of modern airframes can endure more stress than a human can, but I digress). While this is consistent I think with doctrine of the last fifty years of minimizing human losses, it competes with one of the reasons we have invested so much in stealth, electronics, and the ability to be the first airplane to gain a weapons solution... Personally, I think we'll have at least one more manned fighter generation.. here is what I think is a thoughful counterpoint to the idea that drones are soon to be inevitable. Why the Next Fighter Will Be Manned, and the One After That - War on the Rocks
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02-29-2016, 09:38 PM | #6 |
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Pilots (in aircraft) are becoming obsolete with Drones taking over. The drones still need pilots on the ground though. They are working on equipping drones with Radar blocking tech or already have. One article I read said the future will just be drones fighting in the skies.
Who knows what the future holds, but manned aviation will be around for some time. |
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