Russian fighter pilots are going to start flying with AI wingmen - Russian-Drone_38.jpg

https://nypost.com/2019/01/28/russia...th-ai-wingmen/

Well, it seems Russian military officials don’t want to just stop with that
fearsome new hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile that was tested last
month, which we told you about and which Russia claims there’s no defense
against. It would appear the country’s military forces have also been testing
the feasibility of having AI-powered wingmen fly alongside Russian fighter
pilots, executing commands issued by the human pilot, inaugurating a scary new
chapter in aerial military combat.

News accounts of Russia’s efforts here are the result of images spotted on
social media of a drone called Hunter, an unmanned combat vehicle, along with
images of a jet called the Sukhoi Su-57. Of particular interest is that fighter
jet’s tail. As you can see below, on the tail you can see the shape of a jet as
well as an image that seems to be the “Hunter” drone, along with the image of a
lightning bolt.

The Aviationist news site notes that lightning bolt suggests a wireless
connection between both planes.

The Russian military doesn’t seem to be trying too hard with the relationship.
Because also, according to The Aviationist, “new pixelated camouflage on the
underside of the aircraft mimics the plan view shape of the Hunter remotely
piloted aircraft.”

Per The Aviationist: “Speculation has surfaced that the Su-57 may be developing
some capability to control or share data with this new remotely piloted
aircraft. This concept may be similar to an idea proposed by the US Air Force
with the F-35A Lightning II.

“A future concept video released by the Air Force Research Lab on March 22,
2018, shows an animation of an F-35A flying with six unmanned aircraft. The
concept is that the unmanned aircraft themselves manage their own basic flight
control while the F-35A acts as a command and control hub to assign targets and
select weapons for the unmanned aircraft to employ.”

Word of the AI-powered crafts come on the heels of last month’s test of Russia’s
Avangard missile system, which combines a powerful ballistic missile with what’s
known as a “hypersonic glider.” Russia claims the system is capable of speeds
exceeding five times the speed of sound and that the missile can successfully
evade modern missile defense systems.




https://theaviationist.com/2019/01/2...t-novosibirsk/



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