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Air Force secretary plans to ride in AI-operated F-16 fighter aircraft this spring | Kendall tells senators, 'Hopefully neither [the pilot] nor I will be needed to fly the airplane'


U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall met with the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and said he plans to ride in an autonomously-operated aircraft this Spring.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told members of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that he plans to ride in the cockpit of an aircraft operated by artificial intelligence to experience the technology of the military branch’s future fleet. U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told the Senate Appropriations Committee he plans to ride in an autonomously driven aircraft during the spring. The drones will be designed to deploy alongside human-piloted jets and provide cover for them, acting as escorts with full weapons capabilities.

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