April 2, 2015 at 6:37 am
Imagine a world where cheap robots can take over aircraft maintenance on the field. Will the next aerial battle be won by accountants working from an obscure desk in the most remote corner of the Pentagon in lieu of a new Schwarzkopf ?
Robotic maintenance (OFRAM) is ideally expeditionary compatible, palletized/contenerized, ctrled from homeland, airlifted when necessary and able to repair, re-arm and defend a fighter plane on a frwd temporary expeditionary airbase.
Fighter planes are flown from owner country (automatically), driven to battle by pilots or on UAS mode, maintained and re-armed somewhere near the battle field and then rotated home.
Will then the number of cheap robotic systems drive the outcome of the next battle ? Will a 15 y/o computer genius be able to contest by hacking the most formidable armies?
Let’s digress and debate here on the concept.
Example:
A NASA Project 1992
PS:
This is not a prank’s day joke!
PPS:
This was inspired to me by the LM’s F35 production line.