Reply to post: Re: Maybe this is me being dumb...

BAE Systems' autonomous research aircraft flies itself to Scotland

BenR

Re: Maybe this is me being dumb...

So fancy AI drone, albeit one that still requires a supervisory pilot for autonomous ops, and presumably needs a pilot for take-off and landing?

I can see a benefit for military applications where it removes crew risk on iffy missions.

Struggling to see the point in commercial operations though.

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