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This article examines Europe’s Future Combat Air System—an ambitious effort to field a suite of warplanes and drones by the 2040s. It highlights what could become the first large-scale defence program with artificial intelligence playing a major role.

Summary

  1. The European consortium consists of Germany, France and Spain.
  2. The first demonstrators should be flying by the end of this decade. 
  3. AI will play a key role in virtually all aspects of the system.
  4. It will influence everything from the platform’s development, to kill-chain decisions.

 

READ: How Europe’s next-generation combat jet aims to catch the AI wave

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