The AI warfighter is coming, and it starts with dogfighting - FedScoop

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants warfighters to better trust artificial intelligence, so it's putting it to work in dogfights. DARPA's Air Combat Evolution program, currently out with a presolicitation notice, is working to deploy AI in "within-visual-range maneuvering," more commonly known in the air combat space as dogfighting. The ultimate goal is to not only to get AI into the cockpit -- the Defense Department doesn't foresee dogfights being the fighting style of the future -- but to train warfighters to trust computers the way they trust other humans. DARPA is seeking proposals for AI that can be gradually implemented into high-tempo, highly dynamic environments through simulation and eventual deployment, according to the notice. The Air Combat Evolution program is a part of a broader push for AI working alongside warfighters called Mosaic Warfare.