Commentary: Drones, Fighter Jets And The Future US Air

Artificial Intelligence Drone Defeats Fighter Pilot: The Future? Breaking Defense. Two X- 4. 7B drones. In an intriguing paper certain to catch the eye of senior Pentagon officials, a company claims that an artificial intelligence program it designed allowed drones to repeatedly and convincingly “defeat” a human pilot in simulations in a test done with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). A highly experienced former Air Force battle manager, Gene Lee, tried repeatedly and failed to score a kill and “he was shot out of the air by the reds every time after protracted engagements.” All of the missile battles were executed beyond Beyond Visual Range.“It seemed to be aware of my intentions and reacting instantly to my changes in flight and my missile deployment.

It knew how to defeat the shot I was taking. It moved instantly between defensive and offensive actions as needed,” Lee, who oversaw the F- 3.

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That speed of action to be the key to the success of ALPHA, software developed by a tiny company called PSIBERNETIX. They seem to have overcome one of the main obstacles to artificial intelligence getting inside a human’s decision cycle: its ability to accept enormous amounts of data from a variety of sensors, process it and make decisions rapidly. A special application of “fuzzy logic” designed by Nicholas Ernest, PSIBERNETIX’s CEO, appears to surmount that problem. Ernest designed the system while a fellow at AFRL. So far, the paper says, ALPHA  can handle over 1. The system also controls “the motion and firing capabilities of each aircraft, with control over more complex sensors planned for future work.”Ernest told me Friday evening that an obvious next step for his software would be for manned- unmanned aircraft teaming, such as the work the Air Force has begun doing on the F- 3. I shared the article about the test results with Dave Deptula, the first commander to fire a weapon from a drone and an early leader in the service’s commitment to unmanned aircraft.“The capability described isn’t ready for prime time in a fighter yet, but it is just like any technology, it will advance way beyond current capabilities,” Deptula said in an email after reading the paper.

While it may be a while before it can actually be trusted to run autonomously, it may have great applications in: 1) providing inputs/advice to manned operators; 2) acting as the basic decision tools for UAVs when faced with a new situation and unable to communicate; and 3) acting in a more advanced state to coordinate swarms of UCAVs operating under a single operator, who can’t real- time manage all of them at once. A human can give general inputs and guidance to the swarm, and be confident that in general, relying on advanced computational capability, the swarm will behave as required.”A key advantage of the fuzzy logic approach Ernest has taken with ALPHA is that the system can be proven safe, which would not be true with a true learning AI. We can produce mathemical proofs that the AI won’t do anything bad,” he told me . While the fuzzy logic program may spark excitement, it’s helpful to remember how much software has already accomplished — and how far it still has to go.“For instance, there are already many examples where computer algorithms do things far better than human beings can.

Try hand- flying an inherently unstable F- 1. KASA Auto Parts LLC Business Review In Minneapolis, MN. B- 2 without the fly- by- wire algorithms making thousands of corrections a second, and you’ll be a ‘smoking hole’ in no time,” says Deptula, now the head of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute. However, there are other areas in which computers alone can’t come close to what a human can accomplish from a complete system perspective—brain surgery; art; foreign policy, etc. This technology, in the same way, will be able to do some things far better—or more effectively, or more efficiently, or all three—than a human can do…but that doesn’t mean it’s more advanced or less advanced than the human brain.  It’s just completely different.”Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s point man on technological innovation, Strategic Capabiities Office director William Roper, has said that humans need to learn to “quarterback” teams of autonomous war machines rather than each human operating one machine directly.“The thing that’s scary… is that there’s no reason that the processing time and the reaction time from those (artificial intelligences) will not continually speed up beyond the human ability to interface with it,” said Roper.

While the US will insist on human control of lethal weapons, even if that slows the response, others may not. There’s going to be a whole level of conflict and warfare that takes place before people even understand what’s happening.”Gene Lee’s comment about how well the PSIBERNETIX software performed sounds eerily similar to Roper’s caution about speed.

Deptula worries not so much about how the speed of machine decisions but about human decisions, especially in the acquisition community: “The outstanding question is will our anachronistic, industrial age national security architecture be wise enough to restructure itself to capitalize on these kind of advances?”Perhaps we can program computers to take inputs from scientific papers and Pentagon war games and offer recommendations on what we should build. Just don’t hook them up to 3.

D printers or the Terminator scenario may arrive more quickly than we expect.

Old aircraft re- purposed as AI drones for US fighter jets. Armed drones could take to the air for testing alongside US fighter pilots as early as 2. The Air Force's 'Loyal Wingman' program aims to pair fifth generation fighter jets with unmanned older craft, using computer algorithms to give pilots control of the drones.

The initiative would allow a drone to take the lead in navigating dangerous environments, pinpointing targets without putting a human pilot at risk. Scroll down for video The Air Force's 'Loyal Wingman' program aims to pair fifth generation fighter jets with unmanned older craft, using computer algorithms to give pilots remote control of the drones. This would see F- 1. F- 3. 5 jet. THE 'LOYAL WINGMAN' INITIATIVE The 'Loyal Wingman' program would see the Air Force convert an older craft, like the F- 1. F- 3. 5 jet. The program aims to let drones fly ahead into potentially unsafe environments, and could even allow the unmanned 'wingman' craft to fire at targets selected by the pilot. Commands would be given to the drone via a secure datalink, but the drone wingman would be highly autonomous, requiring little input from the pilot.

In mid- 2. 01. 5, the Air Force Researcher Laboratories launched the program in a formal request for information (RFI) to the aerospace industry, War is Boring reports. The RFI stated, 'Autonomy technologies can enhance future operations and capabilities in contested and denied environments.'Technologies are also required to seamlessly integrate the pilot and his/her aircraft with the autonomous unmanned aircraft to allow them to operate as a team for combat effectiveness.' The program aims to let drones fly ahead into potentially unsafe environments, and could even allow the unmanned 'wingman' craft to fire at targets selected by the pilot. Commands would be given to the drone via a secure datalink. But, due to the threat of signal jamming and other complications, the AFRL seeks a system in which the drone wingman is highly autonomous, requiring little input from the pilot. The AFRL aims to see tests on the 'Loyal Wingman' program begin as early as 2. War is Boring reports. Last month, a top Pentagon official gave a tantalizing peek into several projects that not long ago were the stuff of science fiction, including missile- dodging satellites, self- flying F- 1.

Last month, a top Pentagon official gave a tantalizing peek into several projects that not long ago were the stuff of science fiction, including missile- dodging satellites, self- flying F- 1. New high- tech and robotic technology in development for the US military, pictured above. Though the Pentagon is not planning to build devices that can kill without human input, Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work hinted that could change if enemies with fewer qualms create such machines. 'We might be going up against a competitor that is more willing to delegate authority to machines than we are, and as that competition unfolds we will have to make decisions on how we best can compete,' he said. Work, who helps lead Pentagon efforts to ensure the US military keeps its technological edge, described several initiatives, including the 'Loyal Wingman' that would see the Air Force convert an F- 1. F- 3. 5 jet. THE PENTAGON'S SWARMING MICRO- DRONES Last month, it was revealed that a highly secretive Pentagon organization is experimenting with 'micro- drones' which could one day take to the sky like a like a swarm of robotic locusts. The experiments led by the Strategic Capabilities Office were conducted in Alaska last summer, according to The Washington Post, during which the tiny drones were launched from fighter jets. The micro- drones have inch- wide propellers, and can be launched from the flare dispensers of F- 1.

F/A- 1. 8 fighter jets. After launch, they descend in a parachute- equipped canister and then break free. Once free, the drones gain situational awareness and locate other drones to create a swarm. The program costs roughly $2. Perdix, a character in Greek mythology who was turned into a partridge by Athena. The Alaska exercise put the drones through 1. These micro- drones can also be launched from the ground by hand, or using a sling- shot like device.

It's been said they can be used for surveillance and as a way of confusing enemy forces.'It is going to happen,' Work said of this and other unmanned systems.'I would expect to see unmanned wingmen in the air first, I would expect to see unmanned systems undersea all over the place, I would expect to see unmanned systems on the surface of the sea,' Work told an audience at a discussion in the capital hosted by The Washington Post. The US military has over the past 1. Middle East and Africa and sometimes conduct deadly strikes - - though remote human operators decide when to fire. Commercial tech firms like Google are rushing to develop driverless vehicles, but Work said it would take longer for the military to create autonomous trucks given the challenges of navigating off- road.'When the roads become more dangerous we will go off road, and that type of navigation is extremely difficult,' Work said. The US military wants to build driverless convoys to protect against roadside bombs, a low- tech weapon that has killed hundreds of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force's 'Loyal Wingman' program aims to pair fifth generation fighter jets, like the F- 3.

B Lightning II pictured above,  with unmanned older craft, using computer algorithms to give pilots remote control of the drones. Science and technology leaders including British physicist Stephen Hawking fret that the development of weapons with a degree of autonomous decision- making could be feasible within years, not decades. Earlier this year, they called for a ban on offensive autonomous weapons that are beyond meaningful human control, warning the world risked sliding into an artificial intelligence arms race and raising alarm over the risks of such weapons falling into the hands of extremists. Work's comments come after Defense Secretary Ash Carter last month lifted the lid on a couple of secret Pentagon projects. Next year's proposed budget includes $7. Carter said the secretive Strategic Capabilities Office had created tiny, swarming drones that are built largely from components created by 3. D printers. The drones could fly through heavy winds and be launched from the back of a fighter jet moving at Mach 0.