AIR follow-on program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Lockheed Martin a $4.6 million follow-on contract under the Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements (AIR) program to develop advanced AI tools, including modeling and simulation approaches and dominant AI agents, for dynamic airborne missions such as live, multi-ship, beyond visual range operations. This effort applies AI and machine learning techniques to create surrogate models of aircraft, sensors, electronic warfare, and weapons in operationally representative environments, improving the speed and predictive performance of government baseline models to better align with real-world Department of Defense systems. Strategically, it leverages Lockheed Martin's ARISE infrastructure to enable faster decision-making, cost savings, and a competitive edge in national security by advancing AI for complex airborne missions.

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For beyond-visual-range combat