ExecutiveGov reports that Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Will Roper “said the service branch’s future sixth-generation aircraft will feature an artificial intelligence co-pilot, Breaking Defense reported Friday.” The Next-Generation Air Dominance program “will apply AI as a support platform for human pilots aboard the future aircraft.” Roper “said the service will have to determine how to certify the AI platforms for this envisioned human-AI teaming approach.”
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US Air Force Test Marks First-Known Use of AI On Military Aircraft
The Washington Post reports that the US Air Force allowed an AI algorithm “to control sensor and navigation systems on a U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane in a training flight Tuesday, officials said.” The event marks “what is believed to be the first known use of AI onboard a U.S. military aircraft.” Defense officials “touted the test as a watershed moment” in DoD’s attempt “to incorporate AI into military aircraft, a subject that is of intense debate in aviation and arms control communities.” Assistant Air Force Secretary Will Roper said, “This is the first time this has ever happened.”
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