DARPA Prepares To Tackle Next CCA Autonomy Challenge

pilot saluting from an F-16

Human pilots will play the role of safety observers in testing of new AI algorithms designed for beyond-visual-range air combat.

Credit: Samuel King, Jr./U.S. Air Force
For years, advanced artificial intelligence agents designed to outthink adversaries in dogfights have thrived in the consequence-free realm of simulators, but the gap between digital models and reality is starting to close. The arrival in June of a newly modified fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16C Block...
Steve Trimble

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

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