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X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

The Air Force renamed the aircraft X-62A VISTA in 2021, marking its transition from a simulation platform to an experimental ...
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World's Only Self-Flying F-16 Fighting Falcon Gets Access to New Fire Control Radar

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-62A VISTA experimental and autonomous fighter jet to be fitted with the Raytheon ...
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US Air Force to equip X-62 fighter with Raytheon’s PhantomStrike radar for AI combat testing

The US Air Force (USAF) plans to install a new tactical radar and sensors on the specially modified Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter used for testing pilotless air combat. Known as the X-62 Variable ...

The US Air Force says the military's new dogfighting AI fighter jet pilot is making 'dramatic' advances from one test to the next

The development of autonomous pilots is moving faster than the Air Force had expected, as a flight last month showed.