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January 18, 2023

USAF Jolly Green II Helicopters Notch First Combat Rescues

Carrying on the Family Tradition

The United States Air Force’s new search-and-rescue helicopter is acquitting itself admirably during its first combat deployment. The service reported in January 2023 that a December 2022 rescue mission on Africa’s eastern horn had culminated with an HH-60W Jolly Green II crew saving the lives of two foreign troops. The instance occasioned the first publicized real-world oversea deployment of the HH-60W since the aircraft was declared combat-ready in October 2022.

New Learning Algos Allow Autonomous Thread Avoidance, Environmental Survey

General Atomics (GA-ASI) has continued its work integrating AI 'pilots' on the Open Mission System (OMS) software stack, announcing headway on flight-ready autonomous aircraft in multi-objective testing. The company advanced its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) ecosystem with a battery of test missions with artificially intelligent (AI) pilots, evaluating their ability to undergo collaborative combat missions. The flights took place at General Atomics' Desert Horizons flight operations facility in El Mirage, California.