This is a machine that would benefit greatly from remote control. Dont even simulate the cockpit, just give the operator a birdseye view of the situation and prompt for decesions, the machine just executes it most efficiently
>This is a machine that would benefit greatly from remote control.
Sonewhat. The machine must be able to effectively fight on its own. EW will be part of every modern fighter engagement. And having a plane with that level of autonomy is difficult, to say the least. It will have to make automatic decisions about identifying the situation and whether to engage the enemy or what priority certain mission parameters have.
I completly agree that at a certain point the meat in the machine becomes the limiting factor and whoever manages to eliminate it will have a more effective fighter.
The trend already goes in that direction, with UAVs becomming more and more important.
Not to mention latency... however if autonomous get's good enough, i'd imagine it just becomes a command and conquer game and you just set the target and forget.
