Flying Robot Gunships Away!
The Register reports,
“The march of the killer droids continues, with news that a US robot helicopter gunship has passed a significant milestone - engine testing.”
With engine testing cleared, Northrop “We put the Sky in Skynet” Gruman can now fast track the militarized robot helicopter known as the Fire Scout for production. The Navy expects to have 200 of these in operation by 2008, and the Army is exploring variants of these for work in Iraq.
The robot gunship can be outfitted with a variety of “death to the humans” weaponry including 70mm Hydra rocket pods and Hellfire laser-guided missiles.
“It truly is a flying robot, not a remote-controlled aircraft; Fire Scouts have made autonomous trial landings aboard US warships underway at sea, without any pilot guidance.” ( as shown in this autonomous landing demo clip.)
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