The flight system allows a plane to be remote operated by a pilot on the ground, which could streamline pilot airline operations in the future.

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    10 months ago

    Thousands of military drones have been remotely piloted for decades. This news isn’t as ground breaking as it might seem. Some of these drones are large: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk

    I know a military drone isn’t the same as a passenger carrying airplane, but for cargo I think the only reason this isn’t already a thing is because drones are military tech and most governments don’t want that falling into the wrong hands.

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      10 months ago

      My first thought was it’s already being done with drones.

      I’d be curious, what the military’s loss rate is to non-combat issues.