An artist's conception of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter attempting to engage a stealthy 5GAT aerial target drone with an AIM-9X sidewinder missile. The manufacturer, Sierra Technical Services, has said it is interested in pitching this design, or a derivative thereof, to the Air Force as a loyal wingman, as well. Sierra Technical Services
Warzone/The Drive: Manned Fighter To Face Autonomous Drone Next Year In Sci-Fi Movie-Like Showdown
The planned test is part of a project to develop an artificial intelligence-driven drone that could change the face of air combat.
The Air Force is hoping to pit an autonomous drone equipped with an artificial intelligence-driven flight control system against a fighter jet with a human pilot in a little over a year. The service has described this effort in the past as a "big moonshot" that could revolutionize air-to-air combat in ways that have so far been limited to the realm of fiction - at least as far as we know.
Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, head of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), revealed that the Air Force had set the goal of holding the faceoff in July 2021 during a remote event that the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies held on June 4, 2020. The Pentagon established the JAIC in 2018 to serve as a central point of focus for AI developments and related activities across the U.S. military.
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WNU Editor: I cannot help but sense that we are at the cusp of a new age of air combat.
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