📰AI News DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16

[t2van]

DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16 | DARPA

Historic VENOM milestone demonstrates scalable AI development capabilities for the operational fleet.

www.darpa.mil

July 16, 2026​

Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. — A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet, recently modified to serve as an autonomous flying testbed, is undergoing in-air testing using an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to autonomously control flight. This milestone advances state of the art technological infrastructure designed to enable rapid, scalable combat AI development across the joint force.

Nice to see AI can fly a plane but ask it to code some basic html it tells you it's racist. Always knew the bar for Air Force was low.

 

[Dopious]

Seems like the same as Saab did with Gripen last year, tech moves forward .. hmm .. wonder why my AI articles suck.

Saab's Gripen Tests AI In Long-Range Air-To-Air Engagements

The AI agent known as Centaur demonstrated its value in beyond-visual-range combat, including providing the pilot with missile firing cues. The AI agent known as Centaur demonstrated its value in simulated beyond-visual-range combat, including providing the pilot with missile firing cues.

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[SilverClouds]

That's pretty cool! I mean... not if you're on the ground

 

[Champagne]

They've probably got the secret version the rest of us don't get to use.