DARPA’s ACE program announced today that it has successfully used AI to fly a fighter jet in a dogfight. Air Combat Evolution (ACE) pit the X-62A VISTA against manned F-16 aircraft in the skies above Edwards AFB in California.
Initial flight safety tests involved defensive maneuvers, before switching to offensive high-aspect nose-to-nose engagements where the dogfighting aircraft got as close as 2,000 feet at 1,200 mph. The team hopes that data collected for machine-learning-based autonomy in flight-critical systems will serve as a foundation for future aerospace AI advances in both commercial and defense applications.
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The potential for autonomous air-to-air combat has been imaginable for decades, but the reality has remained a distant dream up until now. In 2023, the X-62A broke one of the most significant barriers in combat aviation. This is a transformational moment, all made possible by breakthrough accomplishments of the X-62A ACE team,” said Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force.
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