Airbus demonstrates autonomous in-flight drone control
Airbus transferred control of four target drones from a ground station to an A310 tanker, which used AI and cooperative-control algorithms to guide them without human interaction.
TOWARD DOOM50confidence 94/100
Why it moved the index
The completed flight campaign demonstrated AI-guided control of multiple unmanned aircraft without human interaction, directly advancing consequential military physical autonomy.
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- R1Toward 50 · confidence 94
New March 2023 completed military autonomous-flight demonstration.
12 Aug 2026