AUKUS sounds out Japan for joint research on AI drones

Collaborative combat aircraft would fly with Tokyo's next-generation fighter jets

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A concept model of the GCAP fighter jet was shown at last year's Farnborough International Airshow. Unmanned aerial vehicles could fight alongside the new warplane. © Reuters

SHINNOSUKE NAGATOMI and RINTARO TOBITA

TOKYO/WASHINGTON -- The AUKUS security grouping has approached Japan with a proposal to conduct joint research on developing artificial intelligence for aerial drones that would accompany Tokyo's next-generation fighter jets, Nikkei has learned.

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