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For the First Time, an AI Takes Control of an F-16: a Human Pilot only Monitors

In June 2026, the Pentagon's search agency flew over Florida, a fighter that no one was flying, as the DARPA described it in a July 16 press release. Until then, only a single demonstrator of its kind had flown under software control, far from the serial aircraft aligned by the fighter squadrons. The F-16 piloted by an IA came out of the laboratory to join the fighter fleet that the U.S. Army actually engaged in operation. A case takes control o…
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In June 2026, the Pentagon's search agency flew over Florida, a fighter that no one was flying, as the DARPA described it in a July 16 press release. Until then, only a single demonstrator of its kind had flown under software control, far from the serial aircraft aligned by the fighter squadrons. The F-16 piloted by an IA came out of the laboratory to join the fighter fleet that the U.S. Army actually engaged in operation. A case takes control o…

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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