Artificial intelligence pilot could soon fly with Skyborg drone

By Sara Sirota / December 18, 2020 at 4:47 PM
The Air Force is ready to integrate artificial intelligence with "attritable" drones and may soon put ARTUµ -- an algorithm that controlled a U-2 Dragon Lady's sensor and navigation systems in flight earlier this week -- inside a Skyborg aircraft, according to service acquisition executive Will Roper. "ARTUµ was providing an important function and doing it faster than people, and that was really just for us to get the first toe in the water," Roper said of the U-2 demonstration...

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