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DARPA to move artificial intelligence (AI)-equipped jet fighters to dogfights research in the real world

Critics question the trials because even if the AI works well in reality, there’s been only one dogfight involving a U.S. aircraft in the last 20 years.
Apr 13th, 2021
Ai Dogfights 13 April 2021

ARLINGTON, Va. – The mission of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop jet fighters equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) has moved a step closer to takeoff. TNW News reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

13 April 2021 -- DARPA algorithms took down a U.S. Air Force pilot in a virtual dogfight last year. In February, the agency tested how jet fighter AI algorithms would perform as a team.

The battle pitted two friendly F-16 jet fighters against one enemy aircraft. Each jet fighter had a gun for short-range engagements and a missile for more distant targets.

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/computers/article/14201136/artificial-intelligence-ai-jet-fighters-dogfights