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04-10-2013, 04:22 AM
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The Navy's experimental X-47B combat system won't be remotely piloted, but almost completely autonomous. Human involvement won't be of the stick-and-rudder variety, but handled with simple mouse clicks.
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Air Force officials say a series of errors led to the crash of an unmanned drone aircraft in December in a remote area north of Las Vegas.
A report released Tuesday says the pilot didn't properly execute a preflight checklist before taking control of the drone, which stalled and crashed Dec. 5 in Douglas County near Mount Irish.
Nobody was injured in the crash, but the loss of the drone and artillery on board was estimated at $9.6 million.
Nellis Air Force Base officials say the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft was being used in an Air Force weapons school combat training mission. It was assigned to the 57th Wing at the base.
A Nellis spokeswoman said it wasn't immediately clear Tuesday morning whether anyone has been disciplined for the mishap.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/10/drone-crash-in-nevada-costs-us-air-force-nearly-10-million/#ixzz2Q3RvOHSe
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The Navy's experimental X-47B combat system won't be remotely piloted, but almost completely autonomous. Human involvement won't be of the stick-and-rudder variety, but handled with simple mouse clicks.
http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/660/371/drones01.JPG?ve=1
Air Force officials say a series of errors led to the crash of an unmanned drone aircraft in December in a remote area north of Las Vegas.
A report released Tuesday says the pilot didn't properly execute a preflight checklist before taking control of the drone, which stalled and crashed Dec. 5 in Douglas County near Mount Irish.
Nobody was injured in the crash, but the loss of the drone and artillery on board was estimated at $9.6 million.
Nellis Air Force Base officials say the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft was being used in an Air Force weapons school combat training mission. It was assigned to the 57th Wing at the base.
A Nellis spokeswoman said it wasn't immediately clear Tuesday morning whether anyone has been disciplined for the mishap.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/10/drone-crash-in-nevada-costs-us-air-force-nearly-10-million/#ixzz2Q3RvOHSe
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