The future of US Air Force

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1. Ghost Murmur tool that allegedly found the downed US airman in Iran defies physicsAI and intelligence24 May 2026
2. US military’s next gen fighter jet helmet lets pilots control everything with thoughtBiotech and enhanced humans19 Jan 2025
3. Two Chinese Sixth Gen fighter jets tear across the skies in ChinaSecurity and privacy4 Jan 2025
4. UK Flare Bright revolutionises GPS free drone navigation for denied environmentsSecurity and privacy27 Dec 2024
5. Split personality cyber platform uses a new Predator and Prey modelSecurity and privacy16 Nov 2024
6. The world’s first dogfight between an AI and a human pilot has taken placeRobotics7 Jun 2024
7. The Pentagons new drone language lets drones communicate without humansRobotics12 Sep 2023
8. The world’s first space factory was just deployed – in spaceIndustry and manufacturing2 Jul 2023
9. An AI controlled drone killed – didn’t kill its operator in battle simulationsVirtual worlds17 Jun 2023
10. The USAF’s Project VENOM is turning old F-16’s into drone wingmenSecurity and privacy21 May 2023
11. In a first an AI pilot flew a real uncrewed F16 in simulated aerial dog fightsSecurity and privacy26 Mar 2023
12. Hermeus’s first of a kind Chimera engine switches from supersonic to hypersonicTransport and mobility7 Feb 2023
13. Jetopera’s bladeless eVTOL aircraft targets 0.8 MachTransport and mobility24 Jan 2023
14. Researchers have invented a new kind of material that thinks for itselfIndustry and manufacturing24 Aug 2022
15. Fighter pilots take the simulators into battle to fight augmented reality foesVirtual worlds13 Aug 2022
16. Significant MQ-9 Reaper drone AI upgrade opens door to full military autonomySecurity and privacy14 Sep 2021
17. New microwave weapon THOR helps the USAF defeat drone swarms in secondsSecurity and privacy29 Aug 2021
18. USAF pumps $60m into Quarterhorse their future 4,000mph autonomous aircraftTransport and mobility20 Aug 2021
19. Rocket delivery anywhere in an hour gets included in latest US military budgetTransport and mobility9 Jul 2021
20. The world’s first active duty military AI co-pilot just got its next missionAI and intelligence14 Feb 2021
21. DeepMind’s AI learns the rules as it goes so it can conquer the real worldAI and intelligence13 Jan 2021
22. World first as AI officially joins the crew onboard a US military jetAI and intelligence23 Dec 2020
23. Boom supersonic unveil their first prototype commercial aircraftTransport and mobility2 Nov 2020
24. USAF experiments with neurotraining to cut pilot training times in halfBiotech and enhanced humans1 Nov 2020
25. US Air Force announces plans to update fighter jet software in mid flightSecurity and privacy2 Oct 2020
26. Air Force One to go hypersonic after USAF signs contract with US engine makerTransport and mobility29 Sep 2020
27. AI fighter pilot obliterates human USAF pilot in simulated dogfightsAI and intelligence28 Aug 2020
28. USAF ramps up AI drone wingman concept, preps for 2023 launchSecurity and privacy17 Jun 2020
29. US topguns will fight AI drones in 2021 as era of autonomous warfare nearsAI and intelligence15 Jun 2020
30. The USAF deploys it’s first microwave drone killing weaponSecurity and privacy9 Nov 2019
31. USAF announces development of a new Mach 5 hypersonic missileSecurity and privacy8 Oct 2019
32. US military report recommends giving AI autonomous authority to launch nuclear weaponsSecurity and privacy5 Oct 2019
33. Pentagon demands satellites that can dodge incoming fire like an NBA all starSpace29 Mar 2019
34. US Pentagon surrenders and admits it can no longer keep pace with cyber attacksSecurity and privacy12 Feb 2019
35. After four year wait Cape Canaveral gets its license to launch commercial space planesSpace10 Dec 2018
36. Pentagon seriously considers using rockets to move soldiers and equipment around the globeSpace9 Dec 2018
37. Scientists jumped out of a plane to create a new wonder materialIndustry and manufacturing27 Nov 2018
38. Neural implants let military pilots control three jets at once with their mindsBiotech and enhanced humans3 Oct 2018
39. Mysterious hypersonic SR-72 demonstrator spotted in CaliforniaSecurity and privacy4 Nov 2017
40. The F-35 could be the first US aircraft to be outfitted with laser weaponsSecurity and privacy24 Oct 2017
41. NASA’s new ion thruster smashes all the recordsSpace18 Oct 2017
42. Lockheed shoots drones out of the sky with it’s newest laser weaponSecurity and privacy17 Oct 2017
43. The USAF turned an F-16 fighter jet into the world’s most advanced droneRobotics19 Apr 2017
44. F-35 pilots will team with AI to control swarms of drones in mid flightRobotics7 Feb 2017
45. Lasers on fighter jets by 2020, the USAF and Northrop Grumman get cosySecurity and privacy23 Nov 2016
46. The Pentagon announces more investment and a new anti-satellite warfare strategySecurity and privacy22 Nov 2016
47. The USAF will plasma bomb the sky to improve radio receptionConnected society23 Aug 2016