Maverick's next co-pilot, the one from Top Gun, could be a drone;as an R2D2 for Luke Skywalker's X-Wing

2022-07-22 20:18:45 By : Ms. Meara Dai

In movies like the famous Top Gun, fighter pilots are portrayed as experienced, gifted aviators capable of engaging their opponents in thrilling aerial battles.New technologies, however, could change things, as algorithms, statistics and machines are taking on an increasingly important role in aircraft cabins.“A lot of people are saying that in the future there will be no pilots on planes,” said 1st Lt. Walter Gall, a British Air Force F-35 pilot based in Lakenheath, England."It's not something we're too excited about," he added."I'd like to keep my job as long as possible, but you can't go against new technology," he continued.The future for fighter pilots was on full display this week at the Farnborough International Air Show, one of the world's largest exhibitions of military air technology.Manufacturers showed how artificial intelligence and other technologies will be used in new fighter jets, and air force delegations from around the world looked at mock-ups of missiles, drones and fighter jets.Countries are trying to modernize their forces and raise more funds amid growing geopolitical tensions.There are billions of dollars at stake.In the first installment of the 1986 film Top Gun, Tom Cruise plays a promising Navy pilot, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, who is being trained to fly warplanes.In the new installment, Maverick is an aging veteran test pilot who learns that the secret hypersonic plane he works on is going out of use to make way for a drone program, which has no pilots. .It is a possibility that has been aired for years in the real world.Drones have been used extensively in the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as in other modern conflicts, raising the question of how much fighter pilots and their expensive warplanes are needed, when there are unmanned aerial devices that they can do the same job.In Farnborough, experts said future conflicts will involve both manned aircraft and drones.One day, pilots "will have a drone as their faithful co-pilot," said Jon Norman, vice president of Raytheon Technologies Corp., a company that makes missiles and other military equipment.Norman, a retired American fighter pilot, said that in the past he complained about drones, which were controlled from the ground, coming into his path when he was flying fighter jets.The latest communications systems, however, allow planes, drones and other devices to communicate with each other, he added.Technology already makes it unnecessary to have someone in the back seat to operate the radar.And his role in the cockpit will continue to grow, according to Raytheon executives.Artificial intelligence will analyze tons of information from sensors located on planes, drones, the ground, and missiles in the air to give pilots and ground personnel a better idea of ​​what is happening on the battlefield.In the future, artificial intelligence could allow pilots to dispatch a drone very close to enemy positions "and have them shoot whenever they want," Norman said.It's too early to say that fighter pilots are a dying breed.“Twenty years ago, everyone thought that drones would replace fighter jets.And that hasn't happened,” said Richard Aboulafia, managing director of consultancy AeroDynamic Advisory.Currently, he argued, drones support planes.The F-35, which began operations in 2015, was once thought to be the last manned fighter jet, said Gareth Jennings, aviation editor at Janes, which supplies military intelligence."But no one says that anymore."In fact, a new generation of more technologically advanced combat aircraft is in the works, which may not even need pilots.But those devices would be available at best within a decade.The US Pentagon, meanwhile, plans to incorporate AI into combat and is working on a plane that can fly on its own even in combat.But experts doubt the pilots will be eliminated in the near future."I don't think we can do it for a few decades," Jennings said."We haven't reached that level yet and we won't get there for another 30 years or so," he predicted.Steve Bannon, who served as the former president's strategist and was tried for defying a House select committee subpoena, was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress.Jul 22 (Reuters) - 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