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