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  • NIAS Helps Evaluate AI Tech on Microsoft-Built Sailplane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAS Helps Evaluate AI Tech on Microsoft-Built Sailplane

    Microsoft, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems have performed simple and complex flight tests on a sailplane equipped with artificial intelligence technology. NIAS said Wednesday the team evaluated the Microsoft-built sailplane at the Hawthorne Advanced Drone Multiplex Test Range in Nevada. “Microsoft researchers have created a system that […] More

  • Report: Microsoft Demos AI-Powered Autonomous Sailplane - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Microsoft Demos AI-Powered Autonomous Sailplane

    Researchers from Microsoft have tested an unmanned aircraft system designed to use artificial intelligence to fly autonomously without relying on a motor, UASweekly.com reported Thursday. The UAS employs AI algorithms to detect naturally occurring thermals that can keep the system afloat in the same way that birds stay in the air, the report noted. Microsoft carried out a four-day test […] More