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…
