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AFMC Heralds Advanced Fighter Maneuver Testing of X-62A VISTA Drone

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AFMC Heralds Advanced Fighter Maneuver Testing of X-62A VISTA Drone
The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, flies over Palmdale, Calif., on Aug. 26th last year. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 artificial intelligence (AI) flight tests in which AI agents piloted the X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers at Edwards AFB, Calif., last Dec. 1-16, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Air Force Test Center, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) held 12 artificial intelligence (AI)-driven flight tests last December at Edwards AFB, Calif., of the X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA), a modified Block 30 F-16D in service since 1992, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said on Feb. 14. AFRL said that its Autonomous Air Combat Operations' (AACO) and DARPA's Air Combat Evolution (ACE) AI algorithms permitted the…

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