Computer pilots beat humans at refueling

The Register (of all places) has an article about DARPA's recent advances in piloting computers. The computers are now better than human pilots at docking with air to air refueling tankers. This will presumably allow UAVs to stay airborne indefinitely (or at least until the require maintenance). Another interesting point:

If it was human, it would now retire and go to work for the airlines, and the military would have to start again with a another second lieutenant; but the robot will stay this good forever, or improve.