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The US Navy is planning to stop using manned fighter jets in the coming years, according to Navy secretary Ray Mabus, turning instead to uncrewed aerial vehicles and drones to perform missions at sea, on land, and in the air. Speaking at the Sea-Air-Space 2015 conference on Wednesday, Mabus said that the currently used F-35 Lightning fighter “should be, and almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly.”
By moving away from crewed aircraft, Mabus said the Navy could develop new fighting craft without needing to factor in the pilot’s safety, a process that extended the time and cost of projects. “Removing a human from the machine can open up room to experiment with more…
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