Saab to Install AI on Gripen E Aircraft to Assist in BVR Combat Written 21 March 2025
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A Swedish Gripen during an exercise. | Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Christopher Mesnard; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Aviation Week reports, “Saab is gearing up to install a new artificial intelligence (AI) aid on its Gripen E combat aircraft that will assist pilots in beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air combat. The AI agent, developed with European AI defense company Helsing, has been trained on the equivalent of 1.2 million flight hr. of BVR training, Peter Nilsson, Saab’s head of advanced programs, told the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Combat Air Power Conference here March 20.”
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