US, Japan are developing AI for drone to assist state-of-the-art fighter

Published on January 30, 2024

This rendering from Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a state-of-the-art fighter under development by Japan, the United Kingdom and Italy.

TOKYO — Japanese robotic skills and American know-how in artificial intelligence merge conveniently in a project to bring unmanned vehicles to air combat, a U.S. academic said Tuesday.

The U.S. Department of Defense and Japan’s Ministry of Defense agreed last month to combine artificial intelligence and machine learning with advanced, unmanned aerial vehicles.

“The AI developed in this joint research is expected to be applied to UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) operated alongside Japan’s next fighter aircraft,” both defense departments said in a joint news release Dec. 22.

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