Calspan To Conduct AI-Automated Dogfighting Demo For DARPA

Calspan will equip L-39s with programmable fly-by-wire controls to test air-combat automation algorithms.
Credit: National Test Pilot School
DARPA has selected Calspan to modify up to four Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros jet trainers to test whether pilots will trust the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to automate dogfighting. The company has been awarded a four-year, $14.1 million contract to develop the full-scale air combat...
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