AllCommiesRFascists t1_j8kyrfk wrote
Reply to comment by Borrowedshorts in An AI recently piloted a Lockheed Martin aircraft for over 17 hours during a testing period in December. by Dalembert
> Removing the cockpit will do little to nothing to improve performance.
This is laughably wrong. No cockpit means better aerodynamics and stealth, more payload capacity, fuel capacity, etc
Borrowedshorts t1_j8kzxyv wrote
You still have to think of economies of scale, performance, flexibility, etc. High quality drones are still far from being produced in the numbers necessary to hit scale economies, and until that happens, optionally manned aircraft will be the way to go.
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