An MQ-4 Predator controlled by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron stands on the tarmac at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The Air Force plans to replace this robot aircraft "soon" with the larger MQ-9 Reaper. Maya Alleruzzo / The Associated Press From CNN:
WASHINGTON (AFP)--Unmanned aircraft likely represent the future for U.S. military aviation, with next-generation bombers and fighter planes operating without pilots onboard, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday.
"We're at a real time of transition here in terms of the future of aviation, and the whole issue of what's going to be manned and what's going to be unmanned," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate hearing.
"I think we're at the beginning of this change," Mullen said when asked about plans for developing a new bomber aircraft.
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