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AI successfully pilots XQ-58 aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base

"AI will be a critical element to future war-fighting and the speed at which we’re going to have to understand the operational picture and make decisions".

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Aug. 2, 2023

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Research Laboratory led a successful three-hour sortie, on July 25, 2023, demonstrating the first-ever flight of artificial intelligence agents (algorithms)  controlling an XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft.

The flight, on the Eglin Test and Training Complex, was the culmination of the previous two years of partnership that began with the Skyborg  Vanguard program.

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