Skyborg Set To Test New Aircraft Design, Production Process

Testing how an artificial intelligence (AI) “brain” can control a fighter-sized aircraft remains the goal of the Skyborg program. But the first prototype will also serve as a guinea pig for a new approach to aircraft design and production, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) says. AFRL...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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