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The US military already has drones that are flown remotely. It seems to be a small step to add a dogfighting AI to a plane and just have the remote pilot sic th
by babesh 6y ago
The US military already has drones that are flown remotely. It seems to be a small step to add a dogfighting AI to a plane and just have the remote pilot sic the AI at another plane. The remote pilot just has to reengage after the fighting is over. That’s assuming that they can add the sensors and AI to track the other plane.
As the author mentioned, the dogfighting AI seems to counter the real pilot’s moves effectively while maximizing the amount of energy maintained. It seems to have caused the real pilot to overshoot or undershoot while maintaining or gaining energy. The countering also included adjusting aim to hit the real pilot as the real pilot tried to maneuver away. It wasn’t just perfect information or efficient flying.
- 2rsf 6y agoCurrent drones are slow speed, slow maneuverability vehicles. I suppose you can make a drone fighter, but that does not exist yet.
- babesh 6y agoThe US air force had drone f-16s and used them to test missiles (they shot the missiles at them). https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a29847417/f-16-drone/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a29847417... https://www.boeing.com/defense/support/qf-16/index.page https://www.boeing.com/defense/support/qf-16/index.page
- 2rsf 6y ago> it was noted that with a little extra work the QF-16 could be turned into a combat UAV for dangerous missions like SEAD (suppression of enemy defenses) or attacking ground targets guarded by heavy air defenses. https://www.uasvision.com/2014/06/05/target-qf16-could-become-mq-16-lawn-dart/ https://www.uasvision.com/2014/06/05/target-qf16-could-becom...