Specialists of the Skunk Works division of the American military-industrial corporation Lockheed Martin together with researchers from the University of Iowa (USA) developed  ;artificial intelligence system and tested it for intercepting aircraft.
AI entrusted control of the training and training aircraft “Aero L-29” “Dolphin”. The system not only controlled it independently, controlling the course, speed and altitude, but also during each flight responded to the various tests and challenges it was subjected to.
In order to test the AI, various scenarios were proposed, such as a standard battle or intercepting an enemy plane.
According to the researchers, they observed that the AI acted “purposefully and decisively”. Overall it exceeded expectations.
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Lockheed Martin explained that future tests will build on these achievements by including more aircraft in air combat and combat scenarios, thereby increasing the complexity of the tests for the AI.