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A BQM-177 aerial target conducts test flight from China Lake, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy testing autonomous flight capabilities with aerial targets

NAVAIR has launched a new effort to integrate an AI-enabled pilot with the BQM-177A.

Aug 30, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall prepares to fly in the X-62 VISTA during a visit to Edwards Air Force Base, California, May 2. (Air Force photo by James West)

Inside the AI-enabled pilot that flew Air Force Secretary Kendall through a dogfight

Shield AI put a technology known as reinforcement learning-based artificial intelligence onto the VISTA aircraft that recently flew Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall.

May 17, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

The Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, shortly after receiving its new paint scheme in early 2019. The aircraft was redesignated from NF-16D to the X-62A, June 14, 2021. F-16 AI agents developed under DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program controlled the X-62A during test flights over Edwards AFB, California, in December 2022. (Air Force photo by Christian Turner)

AI agents take control of modified F-16 fighter jet

DARPA's air combat evolution program aims to advance the Pentagon’s autonomous systems capabilities as the U.S. military pursues robotic wingmen and other drones.

Feb 14, 2023 By Jon Harper

Shield AI contractors prepares the Vertical-BAT to launch aboard amphibious docking landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Jan. 23, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcela Diazdeleon)

Shield AI wins Air Force contract intended to help bridge ‘valley of death’

Shield AI wins a STRATFI contract to deliver its unmanned AI tech to Air Force Special Operations Command.

Jan 28, 2022 By Jackson Barnett