In May 2009, testimony before Congress, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates mentioned that the Pentagon is considering a pilotless aircraft for the next-generation bomber role.
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Eldan said America and the Far East were the main markets for pilotless aircraft, which he predicted would be a dlrs 2 billion business by 2005.
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This site was designated the "'Pilotless Aircraft Research Station "'and conducted high-speed aerodynamic research to supplement wind tunnel and laboratory investigations into the problems of flight.
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After the war, Eglin became a pioneer in developing the techniques for missile launching and handling; and the development of drone or pilotless aircraft beginning with the V-1.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell even raised the alarming prospect that the pilotless aircraft could sneak into the United States to carry out poisonous attacks on American cities.
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While pilotless aircraft are not new, the idea that a robot plane could replace an Air Force fighter pilot was, until recently, the stuff of futurist science magazines.
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This is the longest point-to-point flight ever undertaken by an unmanned aircraft, the first pilotless aircraft to cross the Pacific Ocean, and took 23 hours and 23 min.
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"In the next century, we will definitely rely more on pilotless aircraft to place people out of harm's way, " said Maj . Gen . Kenneth R . Israel.
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Pilotless aircraft came into their own in the Afghan conflict, greatly reducing casualties in U . S . Air Force and ground troops on both reconnaissance and attack missions.
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The yearlong study by the Air Force Science Advisory Board foresees battles dominated by pilotless aircraft flying at hypersonic speeds and destroying enemy strongholds with highly accurate laser beams.
