Skunk works® demonstrates airborne battle management of ai-controlled aircraft

Iowa city, iowa , nov. 21, 2024 /prnewswire/ -- lockheed martin skunk works® (nyse: lmt), in partnership with lockheed martin's demonstrations and prototypes organization and the university of iowa's operator performance laboratory (opl), showcased a crewed-uncrewed teaming mission where an airborne battle manager issued real-time commands to ai-controlled aircraft through a touchscreen pilot vehicle interface (pvi). in a series of flight tests, the skunk works and opl teams simulated an offensive counter air mission where an airborne, human "battle manager" aboard an l-39 albatros assigned targets to two ai-controlled l-29 delfin jets, which then worked together to defeat two mock enemy jets using simulated mission systems and weapons.
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