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Kendall Will Fly In VISTA X-62 AI-Piloted Aircraft

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 17th, 2024

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Kendall Will Fly In VISTA X-62 AI-Piloted Aircraft

The X-62A VISTA Aircraft flying above Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Photo Credit: Kyle Brasier, U.S. Air Force)

Shield AI, the startup defense technology company specializing in artificial intelligence technology to pilot aircraft, said that Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall will soon fly on the VISTA X-62 aircraft, a modified F-16 fighter equipped with the company’s Hivemind AI piloting software. Kendall last week told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee that he would be flying on an AI-piloted F-16, that will also include a manned pilot. Later in the week, he told reporters at the Space Symposium in Colorado…

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