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The event will be virtual due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AlphaDogfight Trials was created to demonstrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2019\/06\/07\/can-artificial-intelligence-improve-aerial-dogfighting\/\" target=_blank>advanced AI systems\u2019 ability in air warfare<\/a>. Eight teams were selected last year to participate in the final competition that runs from Aug. 18-20. The competition is also part of DARPA\u2019s Air Combat Evolution, or ACE, program, which was started in 2019, and seeks to automate air-to-air combat as well as improve human trust in AI systems to bolster human-machine teaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe weren\u2019t able to host the finals at AFWERX in Las Vegas as we\u2019d originally planned with fighter pilots from the Air Force Weapons School at nearby Nellis Air Force Base,\u201d Col. 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