The X-BAT UCAV from Shield AI

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[Sirius]

[Zaphod58]

 

[Sirius]

[Kurokage]

Shield AI and the X-BAT UCAV

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I know it's not all about looks, but that UCAV is an awesome looking aircraft. 

Thanks again for another brilliant post.

[Blackfingers]

Difference between a 10+ G aerobatic aircraft vs a 20+ UAV is weight.A full fuel load is more mass for a long range engagement vs a 5 minute airshow routine where your fuel tank is a small container.
Autonomy is just code.You can use Boolean or a variant of CNC GCode to send a platform on its way.Even the simple WW2 V1 flying bomb used a simple gyroscopic mechanism to hit a target hundreds of miles away.I bet its a LOT more complex now.

[Sky727]

YOU claimed that an F-18 can be unmanned, so I'm asking for proof of your claim.

Unmanned f-16s as well as F-18s and I would not be surprised if one or more F-117s have flown unmanned. Replying for Sirius... Unmanned autonomous everything is a "THANG" now and has been for several years. .. ! 
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/commer...g-growlers

ARLINGTON, Va., – Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers at Naval Air Station Patuxent River as unmanned air systems using a third Growler as a mission controller for the other two.
The flights, conducted during the Navy Warfare Development Command’s annual fleet experiment (FLEX) exercises, proved the effectiveness of technology allowing F/A-18 Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers to perform combat missions with unmanned systems.
 “This demonstration allows Boeing and the Navy the opportunity to analyze the data collected and decide where to make investments in future technologies,” said Tom Brandt, Boeing Manned-UnManned Teaming demonstration lead. “It could provide synergy with other U.S. Navy unmanned systems in development across the spectrum and in other services.”

[Blackfingers]

So you think it's better to have to fly over the target area to release hundreds of small, very short ranged drones, instead of having one large drone capable of travelling from well outside the target area, to the target, and back again to be reused?

Soft targets in cover in a non contested theatre it will probably work.Would need a lot of coding to tell friend from foe though.

[Avicula]

When I said “genuine autonomy,” I wasn’t trying to sell it as self-aware.

What Shield has been showing with Hivemind on their V-BATs is a step past remote control and scripted flight paths. These units can run full missions in places where GPS and comms are getting hammered, and they don’t need constant hand-holding from a ground station.
 
The system makes real-time choices inside a preset mission box. It decides how to route, when to climb, how to react to threats, and how to get home if the link drops.

If I’m not mistaken, much of the typical F-117 mission was/is controlled by a prerecorded automated flight management system. A large part of the flight path and mission were essentially pre-recorded and then run onboard for the actual flight. That seems to be a rudimentary approach to what is now being attempted here and in other UAVs, no? Since quite a large portion of those Nighthawk missions could be automated, the pilot wasn’t having to focus on as many small things and could concentrate on other critical demands. This all just sounds like the latest iteration of that same basic idea.

They’ve simply managed to slowly reduce the pilot’s input to the point that a pilot is no longer required.

[Encia22]

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