Successful Flight Test of Valkyrie Drone Controlled by AI in the United States | Artificial Intelligence | United States
According to the website of Defense News Weekly on August 3rd, the US Air Force Research and Experiment Institute announced on August 2nd that they have successfully test flown an XQ-58A Valkyrie drone using artificial intelligence software.
The laboratory conducted a 3-hour test flight on July 25th at the Eglin Testing and Training Ground in Florida, USA. This test flight is the result of two years of research on the Air Force's "Sky Borg" program. The team responsible for implementing the program is a team dedicated to researching unmanned fighter jets, in collaboration with the Air Force Weapon Life Cycle Management Center.
"This test flight marks the possibility of artificial intelligence replacing pilots in modern air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, and these technologies can be immediately applied to collaborative combat aircraft programs," said Tucker Hamilton, head of the US Air Force's Artificial Intelligence Testing and Operations Department. The CCA program aims to manufacture unmanned fighter jets that operate in conjunction with manned aircraft.
The statement stated that the algorithm created by the autonomous air combat operations team of the laboratory for this flight took millions of hours to mature during the training and ground testing operations of the X-62 VISTA technology validation aircraft in conjunction with the XQ-58A.
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The XQ-58A had previously conducted test flights as part of the Air Force's loyal wingman research.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is an important scientific research and development center of the United States Air Force, responsible for discovering, developing, and integrating cost-effective combat technologies for the country's air, space, and cyberspace forces.
The head of the laboratory, Scott Kane, said in a statement, "Artificial intelligence will become a key factor in future warfare, playing a crucial role in quickly understanding the combat situation and making decisions. Artificial intelligence, autonomous warfare, and human-machine cooperation are developing at an unprecedented pace, and we need to work together with government, academia, and industry partners to keep up with this pace of development."