Image by F-35A Joint Strike Fighter with F-22
- By Amit Paul Chowdhury
Artificial Intelligence will be soon leveraged to control weapon-carrying drones within close proximity, test enemy air defenses, or perform intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance missions in high risk areas. To this end, some degree of AI is already engineered into F-35, the combat aircraft. According to American Air Force Chief Scientist Gregory Zacharias, the technology has been progressing quickly at the Air Force Research Lab.
We might soon be able to see fighter jets with much higher degrees of autonomy and manned-unmanned teaming. “This involves an attempt to have another platform fly alongside a human, perhaps serving as a weapons truck carrying a bunch of missiles,” mentions Zacharias.
The US army has already integrated manned-unmanned teaming technology in its helicopter fleet. This has helped in successfully engineering Apache and Kiowa air crews for controlling UAS flight paths and sensor payloads from the air in the cockpit. The technology has so far yield
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Amit Paul Chowdhury
With a background in Engineering, Amit has assumed the mantle of content analyst at Analytics India Magazine. An audiophile most of the times, with a soul consumed by wanderlust, he strives ahead in the disruptive technology space. In other life, he would invest his time into comics, football, and movies.
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