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Source: US Air Force A U-2 Dragon Lady, assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, prepares to land at Beale AFB in California on 15 December 2020 Source: US Air Force Major “Vudu”, a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, heads to the aircraft cockpit while a 9th Physiological Support Airman assists him at Beale AFB in California on 15 December 2020 Source: US Air Force The flight took place on 15 December using a U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Win...

Artoo, take the wheel: U-2 spy plane flies for the first time with an AI co-pilot December 16, 2020 A U-2 spy plane prepares to land at Beale Air Force, Calif., on Dec. 15, 2020. The U-2 Federal Laboratory trained an AI co-pilot to execute specific in-flight tasks that would otherwise be done by the pilot. (Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star with the adorable, wisecracking droid named R2-D2 in the back of...

Air Force U-2 Surveillance Plane Flies First Mission with AI Copilot A U-2 Dragon Lady assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing prepares to land at Beale Air Force, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 after artificial intelligence executed specific in-flight tasks during the flight that would otherwise be done by the pilot. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Luis A. Ruiz-Vazquez) 16 Dec 2020 The U.S. Air Force just flew an artificial intelligence system acting as a pilots sidekick on the U-2 Dragonlady reconna...

And somewhere in the machine-made walls of Skynet, Miles Dyson is smiling (well, technically Miles probably hasnt had much to smile about since 1995, when the Connors informed him that his company, Skynet, was responsible for AI taking over the U.S. nuclear arsenal and subsequently the world). Of course, the optimists in us would love to look at this news like Dr. Will Roper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, who, in writing about the historic flig...

A1C Luis A.Ruiz-Vazquez The U.S. Air Force flew an artificial intelligence (AI) copilot on a U-2 spy plane in California. The flight marked the first time in the history of the Department of Defense that an AI took flight aboard a military aircraft. The AI algorithm, developed by Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory, trained the AI to execute specific in-flight tasks that would otherwise be done by the pilot. On December 15, the United States Air Force successfully flew an AI copilot...

Overnight Defense: AI co-pilots Air Force flight for first time | Government funding, COVID-19 relief hit last-minute snags | Top veterans groups call for Wilkies firing Rebecca Kheel © Getty Overnight Defense: AI co-pilots Air Force flight for first time | Government funding, COVID-19 relief hit last-minute snags | Top veterans groups call for Wilkies firing Happy Wednesday and welcome to Overnight Defense. Im Rebecca Kheel, and heres your nightly guide to the latest develop...

Advertisement Leaders from the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit and the Air Force spoke Dec. 11 about DIU and AFWERX collaborative projects. AFWERX is a program for entrepreneurs within the Air Force intended to circumvent bureaucracy and engage innovation. DIU Director Michael Brown took part in an AFWERX panel with Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett, and Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics. AFWERX is the Air Force’s te...

By Garrett Reim2020-12-15T01:29:00+00:00 The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Kratos Defense XQ-58A Valkyrie flew in formation for the first time on 9 December at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The formation flight was part of an attempted demonstration of data transmission between all three aircraft. The F-22 and F-35A successfully shared data using a novel technology called “gatewayONE”, but ...

By   Theresa Hitchens on December 14, 2020 at 2:15 PM SpaceX’s Starship already is being eyed by TRANSCOM for point-to-point transport. WASHINGTON: The Air Force is pushing out a rash of new initiatives to harvest cutting-edge commercial tech, including an effort to kick open new markets for next-generation space systems. The ‘Space Prime’ effort is being modeled on the service’s high-profile Agility Prime project to ‘prime the pump’ for commercial use of ‘flying cars’ — el...