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AFRL Uses Artificial Intelligence in Three Hour Sortie of XQ-58A

AFRL Uses Artificial Intelligence in Three Hour Sortie of XQ-58A
An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test Wing’s 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Fla. flies in formation with an XQ-58A Valkyrie flown by artificial intelligence agents developed by the Autonomous Air Combat Operations, or AACO, team from AFRL (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a three-hour artificial intelligence (AI)-navigated sortie of the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Florida's Eglin Test and Training Complex on July 25 in what AFRL said was the first flight using AI to control an uncrewed jet. "The flight was the culmination of the previous two years of partnership that began with the SkyBorg Vanguard program," AFRL said on Aug. 2. Data from the July 25 test…

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