DARPA Achieves Major Breakthrough with AI-Controlled Aircraft

Published on April 18, 2024

DARPA Achieves Major Breakthrough with AI-Controlled Aircraft

The agency says successful AI dogfighting trials could support the use of autonomous systems in other complex scenarios.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense developing ambitious, outlandish aircraft designs, such as an airplane with no control surfaces or the Liberty Lifter seaplane. On Wednesday, the agency released critical details on what may be its most groundbreaking program so far.

For the past four years, DARPA has been developing its Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program, which seeks to team human pilots with AI and machine-learning systems in dogfighting scenarios. According to the agency, the initiative reached new heights in September with the first AI-versus-human dogfight conducted with actual aircraft.

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