The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving ahead with its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) programme to develop manned/unmanned air-to-air combat capabilities, with an industry day announced on 6 May
As DARPA nears its annual August release of new projects for the coming fiscal year, DoD’s cutting-edge research arm is looking to pump up efforts to improve the reliability, and trustworthiness, of AI-based systems.
An artificial intelligence algorithm this month beat a human fighter pilot during a simulated dogfight, DARPA officials revealed. This human-machine showdown comes as the military puts more of its pilots in a digital cockpit, rather than a physical one, for qualifications and training.
The Pentagon’s director of research and engineering for modernization says it’s more likely that an AI will team with military pilots than replace them.