Combat Aircraft Autonomy To Enter Acquisition Phase In 2023

X-62 flies with newly installed System for Autonomous Control of Simulation

A newly installed System for Autonomous Control of Simulation allows the X-62 to be flown by an artificial intelligence agent rather than the human pilot onboard.

Credit: Christian Turner/U.S. Air Force
As basic research and experimentation on autonomous flight ramps up, a new type of combat aircraft flown by software-created “agents” is set to graduate in 2023 into the realm of potentially multibillion-dollar acquisition programs for operational systems expected to be fielded by the end of the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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