The US Air Force has reached a significant milestone in automating the F-16 fighter jet to fly the “Viper” without a pilot.

Crews at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida took delivery of the final F-16 Fighting Falcon that'll be tweaked to fly ...

Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter destined to become an autonomous combat aircraft testbed has arrived at Eglin AFB, Florida.

Learn about how modifications and simulations have begun under the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model – ...

Simulations of the autonomy systems have been conducted since 2024, with three F-16 aircraft first delivered to Eglin Air ...

This development follows the recent news of a new contract to Lockheed Martin to increase the production of the JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface ... Flight Program (OFP) cycles. The F-16 and JASSM ...

NASA's F/A-18 (left) and X-31 are among the airplanes ... “where the air density is so low that the flight control surfaces become significantly degraded.” Then there’s the super-tight ...