On 7 May 2001 17:32:18 GMT, Enrique <ecastro at cicei.ulpgc.es> wrote:
>In a previous post Ron Blue claimed the Air Force has a
>system to control aircraft "by thoughts". I think this is an
>urban legend.
It is. They are working towards that goal, but it is a long way off.
And may never happen. The trend is towards unmanned aircraft which
will have a much higher performance envelope and will make much
greater use of computers for tactical decisions. The combat workload
is just getting to be too much, with even two seater crews having to
perform at about 150%.
Ian