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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 Wing at Beale AFB in California. Air Combat Command’s U-2 Federal Laboratory researchers developed th...

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 his X-wing, helping navigate and fix the ship in real time. On a reconnaissance training mission c...

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 pilot's sidekick on the U-2 Dragonlady reconnaissance aircraft for the first time in history. The AI algorithm, call sign ARTUµ (pronounced R-2,...

And somewhere in the machine-made walls of Skynet, Miles Dyson is smiling (well, technically Miles probably hasn't had much to smile about since 1995, when the Connor's 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 flight for PM compared the feat to an R2 unit copiloting an X-Wing in Star Wars –– alas, we can'...