Comment Remote control of air planes (Score 4, Informative) 65
Airplanes have been able to land on auto pilot for years using the Instrument Landing System (ILS)!!
This is more about remote control of an air plane than automated landing. According to the article, digital commands were uploaded to the 747.
With all this technology already in place, it is certainly possible to develop systems to enable commercial air planes take off on auto-pilot too. But that will require huge costs in new infrastructure to be installed at airports similar to the ILS for landing. Real-time software testing costs will also be enormous. Maybe FedEx mighe be interested in funding this :-)
This is more about remote control of an air plane than automated landing. According to the article, digital commands were uploaded to the 747.
With all this technology already in place, it is certainly possible to develop systems to enable commercial air planes take off on auto-pilot too. But that will require huge costs in new infrastructure to be installed at airports similar to the ILS for landing. Real-time software testing costs will also be enormous. Maybe FedEx mighe be interested in funding this
