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Just weeks ago, Boeing Australia announced that it had conducted the first engine run of the "artificial intelligence-powered teaming aircraft" for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This latest milestone came on the heels of Boeing completing the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft for the RAAF earlier in the year. The unmanned vehicle serves as the foundation for the global Boeing Airpower Teaming System, an AI-powered teaming aircraft developed for the global defense market...

...Status of Skyborg

Boeing Australia's announcement was followed by news that the United States Air Force's "Skyborg" program—which is one of the service's top science-and-technology priorities under the "Vanguard" initiative to deliver potential game changing capabilities to America's warfighters—could soon undergo operational experimentation.

National Defense reported that the Air Force's autonomous platform could be used to conduct so-called "kamikaze missions"—...MORE