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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled F-16 Simulators to Conduct Final AlphaDogfight Trials Against Pilots This Week

Frank Wolfe

Monday, August 17th, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled F-16 Simulators to Conduct Final AlphaDogfight Trials Against Pilots This Week

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eilson AFB, Alaska's 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 6, 2019. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The third and final competition in DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials between artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled F-16 simulators and U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps pilots is to take place virtually this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finals were to occur at AFWERX headquarters in Las Vegas in Las Vegas with fighter pilots from the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., until COVID-19 made the virtual competition necessary, said Air Force Col. Dan “Animal” Javorsek, the program manager…

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