Saturday, July 3, 2021

China Flight Testing Its Own Artificial Intelligence Platforms For Its Combat Aircraft

An image on what appears to be Malan's main runway of Wing Loong drones and their crews. The base's use as a drone development center dates back at least to the early stages of the Wing Loong program. Uncredited/Chinese Military  

Warzone/The Drive: Flanker Fighter Appears Among Unmanned Aircraft At China's Secretive Test Base  

Is China flight testing its own artificial intelligence 'brain' for its combat aircraft? 

The United States is publicly pursuing its Skyborg artificial intelligence program—among other associated initiatives—that is mainly focused on infusing unmanned combat aircraft with advanced autonomous capabilities, but it could also work as a copilot of sorts for manned platforms. Now there seem to be indications that China could be test-flying a similar concept on a J-16 Flanker fighter. This is part of a broader push by both countries' air arms to rapidly enhance their unmanned capabilities, including the development of manned-unmanned teaming and optionally manned air combat concepts. 

The War Zone obtained a satellite image dated June 1 of China's secretive test base near Malan in Xinjiang province, which is known to be on the leading edge of the country's unmanned military aircraft development efforts. The photo shows a lineup of various drones being tested at the base, all of which have been previously identified, outside of the large unmanned aircraft hangars that line a long taxiway that services the western extension of the base.  

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WNU Editor: This is the future of warfare and the Chinese know it.

2 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Chinese artificial intelligence. What could go wrong? //

Anonymous said...

Russin, the Chinese are leading in several AI fields including facial and number plate recognition, biometrics and they lead in supporting fields like super computing and quantum computing. The fastest computers for the last 2 years were in China.
So please, take this threat seriously.. only saying it because some people like Jac like to make jokes about how Chinese only copy.. they do, but they'r very inventive on top. Combined(theft and innovation) and their size makes them the most productive country by far...as I said, among other things the Chinese launch the equivalent of the French navy every year and the Chinese build most railroads around the world now on top..

And they despise and don't respect us. It's a recipe for disaster giving the state of our "leadership"(read: treasonous corrupt cabal that should be hung publicly)