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So awesome! Found on Technology Innovation FB page. The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history”, DARPA said in a statement. #AI #dogfight #usairforce #usa #usmilitary

The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history”, DARPA said in a statement. #AI #dogfight #usairforce #usa #usmilitary * Copied content

The Future of Air Combat is Here: US Air Force Stages First AI vs. Human Dogfight Exciting news from the world of defense and technology! The US Air Force, in collaboration with DARPA's Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, successfully conducted the first-ever dogfight between a human-piloted F-16 and a fighter jet controlled entirely by AI! This groundbreaking test, which took place in September 2023 at Edwards Air Force Base, marks a significant step towards the potential use of AI for autonomous drone wingmen in future air combat scenarios. While details of the "winner" remain undisclosed, the successful completion of the test itself is a major milestone. The AI piloting the F-16 variant, the X-62A VISTA, relied on algorithms trained on historical combat data. This achievement builds upon previous triumphs where AI agents dominated virtual dogfights, but this real-world test signifies a major leap forward! #AI #AirForce #FutureofWarfare #Technology #DARPA #Innovation

AI takes Flight: The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history” Imagine the future? what's your thoughts?? #AI #dogfight #usairforce #usa #usmilitary #miltary #defence #airforce #artificialintelligence #future #innovation

An #AI-controlled fighter jet successfully engaged in a "dogfight" against a human-piloted #F16. The Pentagon's test, conducted last year, was described as the "first-ever use of #machinelearning-based autonomy in flight-critical systems." After performing simulations, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United States Air Force tested the "AI pilot" at California's Edwards Air Force Base in September. The AI system was installed on an X-62A VISTA. The jet successfully performed in-air maneuvers during the simulated dogfight against the human-controlled F-16. Human pilots onboard the X-62A, capable of disabling the AI, never had to engage the safety switch during the test. Both planes executed defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close "nose-to-nose engagements," bringing them within 2,000 feet at speeds of 1,200 mph. DARPA, the #Pentagon's R&D agency, has completed 21 test flights, with plans to continue testing through 2024. #artificialintelligence

“The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history”, DARPA said in a statement.” - Technology Innovation (FB) #AI #dogfight #usairforce #usa #usmilitary

The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history”, DARPA said in a statement. https://lnkd.in/gcBhaq72

So this is new... AI fighter pilot... The US air force made history by organizing the first dogfight between a human pilot and an AI-controlled fighter jet. This happened at Edwards Air Force Base in California in September last year. The computer-operated F-16 faced off against a manned F-16 aircraft in aerial combat. The two jets, reaching speeds of 1,200 miles per hour, practiced defensive and offensive maneuvers, including close-range combat called dogfighting. They even got as close as 2,000 feet (610 meters) to each other during the exercise. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released video of the close-range air combat between the two jets. The footage shows the jets maneuvering around each other as they fly through the sky. The autonomous aircraft, named the X-62A Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), is a modified F-16 equipped with an AI program. Since its construction in December 2022, the jet has been on over 21 test flights, accumulating more than 17 hours of flight time. This marks the first instance of using machine learning to control a fighter jet. While flying, the AI algorithm on the jet examines data and makes instant decisions, a method known as machine learning. This mimics how fighter pilots develop their instincts through years of practice. Carrying out a dogfight between an AI-powered jet and a human marks a “transformational moment in aerospace history”, DARPA said in a statement. #AI #dogfight #usairforce #usa #usmilitary

Officials emphasize that AI’s ability to dogfight is a spectacular feat, but the capability is a means to a bigger end: demonstrating that AI can be trusted to fly a fighter jet, paving the way to even greater airborne autonomy testing. “Asking the question of who won [the dogfights] doesn’t necessarily capture the nuance of the testing that we accomplished,” said DARPA ACE Program Manager Lt. Col. Ryan Hefron. According to Valpiani, the larger point of the program is “how do we apply machine learning to combat autonomy.” “The potential for machine learning in aviation, whether military or civil, is enormous,” he said. “And these fundamental questions of how do we do it, how do we do it safely, how do we train them, are the questions that we are trying to get after.” https://lnkd.in/gJpBiSms

Rapid advancements in AI combat capabilities The X-62A VISTA is known as VIS VISTA, which is a Variable In-Flight Stability Test Aircraft, and it has been testing new AI algorithms. It started things off with the first informal tests in Dec of 2022, which run from those 12 flights by Feb 2023, in the base of Edwards Air Force Base in the USA. Among 100,000 lines of flight-critical programs, only 21 sets of test flights are performed over one year.  The relentless testing schedule built a milestone that was made by the AI versus human dogfights, which is the first step to autonomous air combat which is so significant. With the manned F-16s as opponents, the AI-driven wingman X-62A showed the techniques of AI in fight conditions and also the security protections. Unlike the regular jet that had safety pilots, the safety disengage wasn’t triggered a single time; during the dogfights, the AI systems were proven to be a reliable and safe technology.