Summary
The Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program will develop dominant tactical autonomy for multi-ship, beyond visual range (BVR) air combat missions. Autonomy solutions will initially be developed and demonstrated on manned F-16 testbeds and then transferred to an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV).
The outcome of this program will be a dominant AI air combat capability compatible with existing sensors, electronic warfare, and weapons within dynamic and operationally representative environments. AIR will also develop the processes needed to rapidly design, test, and deliver future iterations of AIR software products.
AIR expands on the within-visual-range (WVR) autonomous capabilities developed and demonstrated under DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program for manned F-16s, moving to the BVR domain and demonstrating capabilities on uncrewed aircraft. AIR will develop advanced modeling and simulation approaches and dominant AI agents for live BVR missions.