Saab and Helsing hail world-first as Gripen E aircraft flies with ‘Centaur’ AI agent
The Centaur AI agent was integrated into a Gripen E aircraft with the latest version of software. (Photo: Saab)
The flights, which pitted an AI-integrated Gripen E against a Gripen D in a Beyond Visual Range (BVR) combat scenario, marks a major milestone for Saab’s Project Beyond which looks to modernise the Gripen E platform.
Saab and Helsing have completed a major milestone as part of its ‘Project Beyond’ efforts to put AI in the cockpit of a Gripen E aircraft, pitting a real fighter pilot against an AI-integrated Gripen E aircraft.
The companies revealed the breakthrough on 10 June and disclosed that they had completed three successful flights between 28 May and 3 June.
The first two were conducted via a simulator, while the third flight put Helsing’s AI agent ‘Centaur’ in a Gripen E – which executed autonomous commands that were followed by a pilot – against a human piloted Gripen D aircraft
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