Lockheed Martin ha marcado un hito en el desarrollo de sistemas autónomos mediante su iniciativa “AI Fight Club”, un entorno sintético donde se simularon 114 años de combate aéreo de alta intensidad. Utilizando el ecosistema digital “Cogniverse”, el ejercicio enfrentó a diversos agentes de inteligencia artificial en escenarios tácticos de 4 contra 4, evaluando su capacidad de toma de decisiones bajo presión extrema. Este enfoque permitió procesar datos de 18 millones de aeronaves derribadas virtualmente, logrando en semanas lo que requeriría décadas de pruebas de vuelo reales. Con este avance, la compañía busca estandarizar un modelo de “simulación primero” para perfeccionar la autonomía de sistemas militares en múltiples dominios, desde el espacio hasta el ámbito marítimo. Este evento no solo acelera la madurez técnica de la IA, sino que redefine cómo se prepararán las fuerzas para las futuras guerras en entornos altamente disputados.
Lockheed Martin used a large-scale synthetic combat environment to simulate the equivalent of 114 years of AI warfare testing, as part of efforts to accelerate autonomous combat system development.
The simulations modeled more than $540 trillion in operational costs and the virtual loss of 18 million aircraft during high-intensity aerial warfare scenarios.
The figures come from a high-fidelity simulation framework designed to stress-test autonomous decision-making in complex air combat scenarios rather than represent real-world expenditure or losses.
The environment is intended to provide a scalable way to evaluate how AI systems behave under sustained operational pressure.
The exercise, branded the “AI Fight Club,” was conducted by Lockheed Martin in collaboration with Ansys Government Initiatives and ATG, Inc., bringing together AI agents controlling simulated fourth-generation fighter aircraft in 4-vs-4 aerial engagements.
The event evaluated how autonomous agents make operational decisions, execute missions, and reduce losses in contested environments.
Observers monitored five AI agent teams competing in real-time synthetic air combat while collecting operational data on their performance.
The scenarios were run inside Cogniverse, Lockheed’s synthetic testing environment designed to replicate the complexity and dynamics of tactical air combat.
“This exercise shows how combining trusted mission-level simulation with AI-driven insight provides the ability to explore scenarios, anticipate outcomes and validate operational plans before forces are ever deployed,” said vice president and general manager of Ansys Government Initiatives Mike Pedaci.
AI Fight Club
The AI Fight Club initiative, first introduced in 2025, is positioned as a defense AI proving ground where companies can test autonomous systems against realistic operational scenarios aligned with Department of Defense standards.
Lockheed said the approach allows AI systems to be evaluated and refined without the cost, risk, and logistical constraints of live exercises.
“The AI Fight Club event was a glimpse at how defense autonomy development should work. Large-scale, simulation-first and collaborative,” said ATG director of operations Scott MacDonald.
Future iterations are expected to expand into additional platforms and operational domains, including homeland defense, maritime operations, and space-based surveillance and reconnaissance scenarios, as the initiative evolves toward joint all-domain operations.
Fuente: https://militaryai.ai
