First successful AI dogfight carried out, US Air Force confirms
Air Force formally acknowledged a successful test of an AI-piloted aircraft in dogfight environment.
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Air Force formally acknowledged a successful test of an AI-piloted aircraft in dogfight environment.
The United States Air Force says it has made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence systems allowing its aircraft to capably execute dogfighting maneuvers.
In the first ever AI dogfight conducted by the US military, one fighter was manned, while the other jet was a modified version of the F-16, called the X-62A, or VISTA, Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft.
A manned F-16 was put up against the X-62A VISTA (Variable In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft) above Edwards Air Force Base in California last September.
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