Malcolm Cotting News Today

By Dean Murray The U.S. Air Force has successfully flown an AI-controlled jet fighter in dogfights. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 flight tests in which artificial intelligence, or AI, agents piloted the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA). The X-62A VISTA Aircraft flying above Edwards Air Force Base, California. The

Manufacturers say their one-of-a-kind training aircraft was flown by an artificial intelligence agent for more than 17 hours.

One official familiar with the testing said the modified F-16 used in testing is "rapidly accelerating" how autonomous algorithms are tested.