Elon Musk says human-piloted fighter jets like the F-35 are …
11 hours ago · Drones are game changers. Small, cheap drones are transforming land warfare by providing new options for tactical reconnaissance, targeting solutions, and threatening maneuver. For situations where air and sea combat over vast areas might be more prevalent, like a war in the US military's priority Indo-Pacific theater, these drones are too slow with inadequate payloads and range to be sufficient.
Elon Musk takes aim at manned fighter jets and the Pentagon’s …
2 days ago · On his social media platform X, he reposted a video of synchronized drone swarms flying in elaborate formations and added, “Meanwhile, some idiots are still building manned fighter jets like...
New in 2024: Air Force plans autonomous flight tests for drone …
Dec 30, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force’s plan to create a fleet of drone wingmen to fly alongside piloted fighter jets will accelerate in 2024, as the service ramps up its experimentation with...
AI-operated fighter jet will fly Air Force secretary in a test of ...
Apr 9, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later this spring its top civilian leader plans to climb into an artificial intelligence-operated warplane and let it take him airborne.
US Air Force eyes fleet of 1,000 drone wingmen as ... - Defense News
Mar 8, 2023 · AURORA, Colorado — The Air Force is ramping up plans for incorporating drone wingmen into its fleet, and envisions 1,000 of the so-called collaborative combat aircraft in service as it sketches...
Drones And New Technologies Are Reinventing The U.S. Air Force …
Feb 16, 2024 · Current conflicts are in fact showing how drones, new technologies and low-cost weapons are reshaping the modern battlefield.
Elon Musk fires more shots at manned fighter jets and the …
1 day ago · And manned fighter jets are obsolete in the age of drones anyway. Will just get pilots killed.” To be sure, the Pentagon has been flying a range of drones for decades, including for surveillance ...
US Air Force stages dogfights with AI-flown fighter jet - Defense News
Apr 19, 2024 · An experimental fighter jet has squared off against an F-16 in the first-ever artificial intelligence-fueled dogfights, the Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.
AI-powered fighter jet takes Air Force leader for a historic ride - AP News
May 4, 2024 · An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot.
The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets
Mar 8, 2023 · After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies. On the morning of December 1, 2022, a modified F-16 fighter...