Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works bets big on AI to modernize defense projects

Key Summary

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has successfully integrated artificial intelligence into its defense projects, with the X-62 VISTA aircraft achieving 27 AI-directed intercepts of a live T-38 target. The AI, powered by 55 large language models and an OpenAI partnership, demonstrates the 'sensor-to-action loop' and paves the way for collaborative combat aircraft and better human-machine teaming.