AFRL’s Skyborg Program To Develop Unmanned Wingman With ‘AI Brain’

Graham Warwick Steve Trimble March 27, 2019
Credit: Kratos Defense
An alarm has sounded within the U.S. Air Force over the scale and pace of China’s investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and the possibility that its aircraft could encounter smart, autonomous defenses in a future conflict. One response to that realization is Skyborg, an Air Force Research...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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