Can AI Solve the Air Force's Fighter Problem?

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Center for Strategic & International Studies
Jan 10, 2025


The U.S. Air Force has a problem. Could AI and autonomy be the solution? With the price of fighter aircraft continuously skyrocketing and supply rapidly declining, the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) marks the largest investment in autonomous systems by the Department of Defense (DOD) to combat this problem. Gregory C. Allen, Director of the Wadhwani AI Center at CSIS, explores the CCA program's strengths and limitations and breaks down its implications for the future of autonomy adoption at the DOD.