US Air Force will be enabling some F-16 Viper fighter jets with the ability to fly themselves.Dubbed Project Viper Experimentation and Next-Gen Operations Mode (VENOM), the initiative will outfit six F-16s from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida with autonomy agents that a human pilot will experiment with in flight. The aim of the project is to enable the Air Force to evaluate the most effective way to integrate autonomous and crewed formations, with the ultimate goal of establishing trust in the autonomy.The initiative is intended to establish the foundation for the U.S. Air Force’s Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) program, which will investigate concepts related to tactical collaboration between humans and machines.In this video Defense Updates analyzes how self-flying F-16 Vipers unlock new potentials for US Air Force ?#defenseupdates #USAirForce #F16