Northrop Grumman Adds Human Pilot To New Autonomous Model 437 Vanguard To Speed Testing

In an intriguing development in the effort to develop uncrewed aircraft, a prototype commissioned by Northrop Grumman and built by its subsidiary Scaled Composites has a human pilot. The reasoning for having a human pilot in a likely Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) competitor comes down to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.