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Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on May 2, 2024, to visit with the Air Force Test Pilot ...

The U.S. says it will not use airplanes in war without human pilots, but it is practicing with AI just in case.

The U.S. Air Force is advancing artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities within its ranks by incorporating AI pilots into F-16 combat aircraft as part of DARPA's Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program.

Secretary of the Air Force Kendall flew aboard the X-62A VISTA to gain a firsthand experience of this unique aircraft. The X-62A VISTA integrates machine learning and specialized software to explore autonomous flight capabilities and other advanced technologies.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency were finalists for the 2023 Robert J. Collier Trophy, a formal acknowledgement of recent ...

As a new era of autonomous warfare approaches, two dark horses are now vying for aerial dominance.

Humans were on board the X-62A during the September 2023 dogfight with controls to switch off the AI, but there was no need to use the kill switch "at any point", said DARPA.

The US military had conducted the first ever dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. The exercise was conducted using two F-16 jets - one manned, manually controlled and one AI-controlled fighter jet. The aircrafts flew at speeds of 1200 miles per hour (1931.2 kmph)., US News - Times Now

Last September's tests are informing the Air Force’s effort to build autonomous drones.