DoD artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot fighter jet

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/26/2022
The X-62A Variable Stability In-Flight Simulator Test Aircraft, or VISTA, takes off and flies over Palmdale, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022. A joint Department of Defense team executed 12 artificial intelligence, or AI, flight tests in which AI agents piloted the X-62A VISTA to perform advanced fighter maneuvers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1-16, 2022. (Video courtesy of U.S. Air Force)