The Johnny-on-the-spot management of the USN has noticed that the LCS trials ships for the "Fire Scout" robo-helicopter has become a gigantic, smelly hunk of rotting sea food. Therefore, they announced today that the "Fire Scout" will be trialed on a different type of ship (read Burke Flight 2).
"Fire Scout" is much more than the Air Farce's "Predator" , in that there are several less people in the flying loop - i.e., precisely zero, zed, nada. It is a true robot (in Pentagon speak, "Class IV"), and a real march on the pilotless aircraft flying to date. It also presages the USN's pilotless robot UCAV fighterplane due in a decade.
Can't wait for the good ideas to keep coming. All they need now is to can the DDG-1000 program and order it's equivalent in CVNs and I'll be as happy as a pig on Kenny's farm.
Ship: "Attack submerged target Sierra-three-five"
Helicopter: "By your command"
