Maintenance in progress

the uk airprox board concluded a near miss reduced aircraft safety after a commercial pilot reported a disc-shaped unidentified object passing within 100 feet of an airbus a319 at 8,500 feet near gatwick in april. separately, the us air force and lockheed martin demonstrated 27 autonomous air intercepts on the x-62 vista platform using live infrared sensor data, with ai agents directing targeting in real time. one unidentified object recorded by an aviation safety body, one identified system that now flies intercepts without a human in the loop.

uk aviation safety filings and us defense demonstration