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.
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.
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.
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