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US races to develop AI-powered, GPS-free fighter jets, outpacing China | While the gauntlet has not been officially thrown down by China or the US, officials are convinced the race is on to master military AI.
The USAF is working on several interesting AI solutions for unmanned aircraft from dogfighting to navigation to stay ahead of China.
To this end, last year, the Air Force flew an AI program on a laptop strapped to the floor of a C-17 military cargo plane to work on an alternative solution using the Earth’s magnetic fields. Throughout the flights and extensive data analysis, the AI learned to distinguish between signals to disregard and those to follow, and the results “were very, very impressive,” said Col. Garry Floyd, director for the Department of Air Force-MIT Artificial Intelligence Accelerator program. The Air Force envisions a future where a version of this AI could control a fleet of 1,000 unmanned warplanes currently under development by General Atomics and Anduril.
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