EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force demonstrated artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled air combat during a successful launch of an XQ-58A Valkyrie on August 22.
This flight helps develop a trained tactical autonomy algorithm from simulation through flight tests on a high-performance, uncrewed air vehicle.
AI algorithms, developed and trained by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Autonomous Air Combat Operations, were integrated into an XQ-58A and flown in the Eglin Gulf Test & Training Range.
Trained through deep reinforcement learning, the AI algorithms used neural networks to fly the live air vehicle against simulated opponents using simulated mission systems and simulated weapons.