USAF To Modify F-16 For New Autonomy Program

An F-16 arrives at Eglin AFB, Florida, on April 1 for conversion for a program to evaluate autonomy software.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force will soon begin modifying an F-16 to evaluate autonomy software and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the service’s broader push for uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). Eglin AFB, Florida, on April 2 announced it had received the first of three F-16s for the new...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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