U.S. Military Pushes Autonomous Combat System Into Flight

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Nearly a decade of internal research and simulation on manned-unmanned teaming of fighters and autonomous jets is set to enter flight testing under the Skyborg program in 2021.
Credit: Boeing Concept
In a history-making experiment by the U.S. Army in late October, the crew of a Boeing AH-64E Apache used a sensor to identify a target on the ground and a laser designator to mark its location, then fired a missile to destroy it. Such an outcome may seem routine for the Army’s premier attack...

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