Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon Developments

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Interesting video, if you haven't followed the F-16 in US Navy service before.

Live Fast, Die Young: The Story of the U.S. Navy's Hot-Rod F-16N
When you think of the F-16, the U.S. Navy probably isn't what pops into your head, but the truth is that the Air Force's mainstay fighter has a very colorful past serving with the seagoing service in the hands of highly-trained Topgun instructors and fleet adversary pilots. It all started with a purpose-built, stripped-down, hotrod of a Fighting Falcon, the F-16N. This is its fascinating story.

Video:

View: https://youtu.be/0j7Z7Qnu7no?si=fJW8eNWQmylwnu6H

 

[NMaude]

Alex Hollings from Sandboxx has just uploaded this interesting video concerning the AI-controlled F-16:

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Earlier this month, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall made history, riding in the cockpit of an AI-piloted F-16 Fighting Falcon through a series of simulated close-quarters air-to-air engagements, more commonly known as good old-fashioned dogfights.

According to Kendall, the AI in control of his aircraft was evenly matched with the human F-16 pilot it was squaring off against, and we're not talking about any ordinary pilot... We're talking about an Air Force Test Pilot with thousands of hours logged in that specific fighter.

This has spurred a great deal of discussion about the implications of AI in combat, much of which has centered around concerns that the systems we devise to wage war for us, may ultimately wage war on us instead.

So in Part 1 of our dive into this topic, let's talk about what AI really is, including what it's capable of, and what it isn't.

 

[zjz]

RSAF F-16 crash at Tengah Air Base was due to component malfunction; fleet to resume flying

SINGAPORE: The crash of a Singapore F-16 jet at Tengah Air Base last week was due to a malfunction of a component known as pitch rate gyroscopes, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said on Saturday (M

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[aonestudio]

Update 3 to the RSAF's F-16 Crash at Tengah Air Base

Detailed investigations by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Lockheed Martin (LM) have determined the cause of the accident. The flight data recorder recovered from the crashed F-16 showed that its pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. This led...

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Detailed investigations by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and Lockheed Martin (LM) have determined the cause of the accident. The flight data recorder recovered from the crashed F-16 showed that its pitch rate gyroscopes gave erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. This led to the pilot being unable to control the plane at take-off.

All F-16 fighter jets are fitted with four such gyroscopes and simultaneous failure of the gyroscopes is a very rare occurrence. As such, LM does not stipulate any maintenance for the pitch rate gyroscopes in the F-16 aircraft. This is the first such simultaneous malfunction of the pitch rate gyroscopes for the RSAF's entire F-16 fleet that has operated over 35 years. The RSAF, with LM, will undertake further studies to determine the specific cause/s for the gyroscope malfunction that resulted in this crash.

As the cause of the F-16 crash has been elucidated, the RSAF F-16 fleet will resume flying. But as an added precaution, each F-16 pitch rate gyroscope will be checked and cleared before resumption of flights.

 

[zjz]

I am unfamiliar with the F-16 FCS.... does it has 4 accelerometers in each axis, and 4 rate gyros in each axis, giving it 12 accelerometers and 12 rate gyros ? I presumed they are not MEMS based ......