Gunslinger

[ORAC]

Gunslinger - a missile with a gun......

Alert 5 » DARPA?s Gunslinger is a missile with a gun for CAS and air-to-air engagements - Military Aviation News (http://alert5.com/2020/02/17/darpas-gunslinger-is-a-missile-with-a-gun-for-cas-and-air-to-air-engagements/)


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[beardy]

'Algorithms that can expedite command decision making' sound very close to removing target analysis away from the human in the loop just leaving them with a trigger and faith in the algorithm ( read AI)

[unmanned_droid]

'Algorithms that can expedite command decision making' sound very close to removing target analysis away from the human in the loop just leaving them with a trigger and faith in the algorithm ( read AI)

Agreed, I think they'll be able to demonstrate this but it won't make it out in to service. I think there's a fair bit we can do but isn't acceptable.

Sounds Like the program could end up in a pretty interesting capability. A rapid reaction silo based CAS 'loyal wingman'.