Air Force Secretary Plans to Get in Cockpit of Self-Flying Fighter Jet
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall this week told U.S. senators he would test out the department’s latest technology personally.
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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall this week told U.S. senators he would test out the department’s latest technology personally.
The US Air Force is rapidly scaling up its plans to automate some of its fleet and the civilian boss of the service says he's planning to fly in one of the…
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendell is set to test out an AI-controlled F-16. The United States Air Force Secretary, Frank Kendell, will reportedly be one of the non-pilot testers of an artificial intelligence-controlled jet, who will observe firsthand how the cutting-edge F-16 aircraft operates in the air.
The service's top civilian leader will board the back seat of an F-16 later this spring and experience firsthand how the AI technology works.
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has no doubt logged quite a few miles in the air, even before he was appointed to head the Department of the Air Force. Now as the air services top civilian official, he will soon go boldly in the wild blue yonder in the cockpit of an autonomously piloted F-16 Fighting Falcon.