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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has successfully completed the first live-flight demonstration to test air combat algorithms on a specialised F-16 fighter aircraft.
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With AI still a nascent technology, VISTA's ability to churn through flight tests could be critical for the Air Force as it looks to start a Collaborative Combat Aircraft program as early as fiscal 2024.
The first Loyal Wingman aircraft completes a flight with landing gear raised and engaged for the first time. Manned-unmanned teaming, or MUM-T,... - Inside Unmanned Systems News Magazine
By Garrett Reim2021-07-27T19:58:00+01:00 Heron Systems, the company behind the artificial intelligence (AI) software that beat a US Air Force (USAF) F-16 pilot 5-0 in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) AlphaDogfight trials last year, has been acquired by Shield AI. Shield AI is a venture-backed startup located in San Diego, California. The company say it is “applying self-driving car technologies to military aircraft”. The firm is developing software to control swarms of autonomous unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), unmanned ground vehicles and unmanned submarines. It...