A Fighter Pilot Will Dogfight an AI-Controlled Jet in 2024, Esper Says The Air Force is raising the stakes after an AI program beat a fighter pilot in a series of virtual battles.
Rise of the Machines: AI Algorithm Beats F-16 Pilot in Dogfight The increased focus on simulation comes as military leaders, particularly in the Air Force, work to overhaul pilot training.
DARPA Wants AI Program to Crunch Data for Commanders DARPA has issued a multi-year contract with Aptima Inc. and Arizona State University to develop a new generation of AI.
If It's Not Ethical, They Won’t Field It: Pentagon Release New A.I. Guidelines The DoD has vowed that if it cannot use artificial intelligence on the battlefield in an ethical way, it will not field it.
Army Researchers Working to Protect Facial Recognition Software from Hacks This safeguard would let future soldiers have confidence their AI systems are properly identifying a person of interest.
SOCOM Is Using AI to Search for the Ideal MARSOC Raider Recruiting for military special operations could focus less on aptitude scores and more on a computer algorithm.
Driverless Army Combat Vehicles Face Uncertain Future, General Says The head of Army Futures Command says combat systems capable of controlling themselves will be difficult to achieve.
R2-D2 in the Cockpit? Air Force Testing 'Skyborg' AI Program In the near future, an Air Force pilot's wingman could be flown by artificial intelligence.
Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Predict the Next Wildfire or Earthquake Officials unveiled the Trump administration's new effort to streamline the use and development of AI for homeland security.
Could China Leave the US Behind in AI 'Arms Race'? China has been developing Artificial Intelligence weaponry at a much higher rate than the U.S.
A Veteran Was Detained by Marines. It Highlights Concerns over the Military's Growing Ties to Law Enforcement. Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the...
VA Changes Discrimination Policy for Health Care Staff, Denies Doctors Could Withhold Treatment The department said the change was made in order to comply with executive orders and the updates would "have no impact...
Trump Says He'll Decide Whether US Will Directly Attack Iran Within 2 Weeks Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is...
China Sends Scores of Planes Across Central Line in Taiwan Strait China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that unofficially divides...
A Navy Veteran Is Determined to Find His Own Way Through PTSD—Without VA Each appointment with VA was another nail sealing the coffin shut, suffocating any hope that they could help me.