Preparing to add automated ‘Skyborg’ jets to US Air Force

By 2023, the U.S. Air Force is preparing to add jets to its air fleet that are equipped with artificial intelligence and are fully autonomous and autonomous. It is heard that the US Air Force has also allocated a research fund of 400 million dollars for this purpose, which will allow one or more companies to develop these automatic planes.

While the autonomous aircraft under the project, called “Skyborg” can fly in formation with piloted fighter jets, they will also be capable of flying in a fully automated manner, without human intervention. Without being able to complete any mission.

They will be specially designed for high-risk missions where the deployment of human or expensive fighter jets can cause serious loss of life and property. This is the reason why emphasis is being placed on keeping the production cost of Skyborg jets to a minimum.

According to the US defense magazine “Defense News”, the four companies competing for the Skyborg contract include Boeing Corporation and Lockheed Martin, which are considered rivals in the defense industry.

Interestingly, the technology for fully autonomous fighter and bomber aircraft is already mature enough to be used in today’s subsonic drones and cruise missiles, but this is the first There will be an opportunity when using this technology to create autonomous and autonomous jets that are supersonic and capable of flying multiple times like conventional fighter jets.

Military experts say that the successful completion of the Skyborg or any project like it would revolutionize air warfare and possibly replace manned fighters on the battlefield with “unmanned warplanes.” (UCAVs) rule.