` ` Wakefulness '' They promise to keep future pilots alert through the night . They target sleep - deprived area in brain so users do n't get jittery , just alert . Remember these names , because they 're your future : Modafinil , approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998 for the treatment of narcolepsy and marketed in the U.S. as Provigil , is already giving a competitive edge to everyone from Air Force pilots on 40-hour missions to ( less legally One drug is already giving an edge to Air Force pilots on their missions .
` ` Wakefulness '' They promise to keep future pilots alert through the night . They target sleep - deprived area in brain so users do n't get jittery , just alert . One drug is already giving an edge to Air Force pilots on their missions .