{"id":5881567,"date":"2026-07-17T08:55:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/darpa-ai-venom-f-16-first-autonomous-flight-eglin-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:32:53","slug":"primer-vuelo-autonomo-del-dron-darpa-ai-venom-f-16-en-eglin-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/darpa-ai-venom-f-16-first-autonomous-flight-eglin-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"La IA de DARPA acaba de pilotar un F-16 real."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Durante dos a\u00f1os, los aviones permanecieron en un hangar en la base a\u00e9rea de Eglin mientras los ingenieros desmantelaban sus estructuras y los entrenaban para funcionar. Esta semana, uno de ellos finalmente vol\u00f3, y durante algunos tramos de ese vuelo, no hab\u00eda ning\u00fan ser humano al mando.<\/p><p>La Fuerza A\u00e9rea de los Estados Unidos y DARPA han puesto el primer <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/aeronave\/f-16-fighting-falcon\/\">F-16<\/a> Equipado con el kit de autonom\u00eda VENOM, el avi\u00f3n despeg\u00f3 con un agente de inteligencia artificial pilotando la aeronave, mientras un piloto de pruebas lo acompa\u00f1aba como mero observador. Fue el momento en que la larga y cuidadosa marcha del Pent\u00e1gono hacia los cazas rob\u00f3ticos dej\u00f3 de ser una simulaci\u00f3n y se convirti\u00f3 en un avi\u00f3n real sobrevolando el noroeste de Florida.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:.03em\">DATOS R\u00c1PIDOS<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Programa<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">VENOM-AFT: Experimentaci\u00f3n con el Viper y modelo de operaciones de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n, banco de pruebas de vuelo aut\u00f3nomo.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Fogonadura<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Fuerza A\u00e9rea de los Estados Unidos y DARPA, en el marco del programa Air Combat Evolution (ACE).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Aeronave<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">F-16C\/D Fighting Falcon: 3 modificados en Eglin, hasta 6 previstos.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Hogar<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Base A\u00e9rea Eglin, Florida \u2014 Ala de Pruebas 96 y Ala 53<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Hito<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Primer vuelo controlado por un agente aut\u00f3nomo, julio de 2026.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>rol humano<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">\u201cHuman-on-theop\u201d: siempre hay un piloto a bordo.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:4px 14px 4px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Objetivo<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:4px 0\">Alimentar el programa de drones de apoyo para aeronaves de combate colaborativas (CCA).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Dos a\u00f1os de cirug\u00eda, una misi\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica<\/h2><p>La idea es enga\u00f1osamente simple: tomar un caza probado en combate, conectarle una computadora que pueda pilotarlo y usar el avi\u00f3n como laboratorio volante para el software que alg\u00fan d\u00eda pilotar\u00e1 aeronaves no tripuladas. Lo dif\u00edcil es hacerlo sin causar ninguna muerte.<\/p><p>Tres F-16 llegaron a Eglin en 2024 y 2025 para ser reacondicionados como bancos de pruebas en el marco del programa VENOM-AFT, y fueron entregados al 96.\u00ba Ala de Pruebas y al 53.\u00ba Ala. Los aviones volvieron a volar en junio para demostrar que segu\u00edan siendo aptos para el vuelo tras las modificaciones. En julio, el equipo dio un paso decisivo: un agente de IA tom\u00f3 el control en el aire y pilot\u00f3 la aeronave, mientras que el piloto humano a bordo pas\u00f3 de ser el piloto al supervisor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1314429393  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/be\/A_USAF_F-16_pilot_breaking_right_on_final_approach_over_northern_Las_Vegas.jpg\/1280px-A_USAF_F-16_pilot_breaking_right_on_final_approach_over_northern_Las_Vegas.jpg\" alt=\"Un F-16 entrando en aproximaci\u00f3n final.\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un F-16C modificado bajo el Proyecto VENOM en la Base A\u00e9rea de Eglin. Foto: Fuerza A\u00e9rea de EE. UU. \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No se trata de una conversi\u00f3n a dron en el sentido de eliminar la cabina. El piloto permanece. Lo que cambia es qui\u00e9n controla los mandos en un punto de prueba determinado y con qu\u00e9 rapidez la Fuerza A\u00e9rea puede implementar nuevo software de autonom\u00eda en una aeronave real y comprobar si funciona correctamente ante las complejas leyes f\u00edsicas del vuelo real.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cEste programa transformador tiene el potencial de redefinir los paradigmas del combate a\u00e9reo al fomentar nuevas funciones aut\u00f3nomas para las plataformas tripuladas y no tripuladas actuales y futuras.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Mayor Ross Elder<\/strong> \u2014 Responsable de las pruebas de desarrollo de VENOM, Base de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea Eglin<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">El humano nunca abandona el bucle<\/h2><p>La palabra que la Fuerza A\u00e9rea repite constantemente es &quot;control humano&quot;. Esto significa que un piloto siempre est\u00e1 presente, supervisando el funcionamiento de los algoritmos y teniendo la autoridad para iniciarlos o detenerlos en tiempo real. VENOM no se trata de cabinas vac\u00edas, al menos no todav\u00eda.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cNunca llegar\u00e1 el momento en que estos aviones VENOM vuelen exclusivamente por s\u00ed solos.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Coronel Joe Gagnon<\/strong> \u2014 Comandante del 85.\u00ba Escuadr\u00f3n de Pruebas y Evaluaci\u00f3n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Esa cautela es precisamente la clave. Cuanto m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido la Fuerza A\u00e9rea pueda demostrar que un comportamiento aut\u00f3nomo es seguro en un F-16 tripulado, m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido podr\u00e1 confiar en ese mismo c\u00f3digo en uno no tripulado. Gagnon ha descrito el objetivo como &quot;acelerar al m\u00e1ximo&quot;: ir tan r\u00e1pido como sea posible de forma segura para que los drones que le siguen lleguen antes.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 un piloto de combate de los a\u00f1os 70 est\u00e1 entrenando a los drones del futuro?<\/h2><p>VENOM se integra directamente en el programa de Aviones de Combate Colaborativos, la flota de drones de apoyo baratos y semiaut\u00f3nomos que la Fuerza A\u00e9rea quiere que vuelen junto a los aviones de combate. <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/aeronave\/f-35-relampago-ii\/\">F-35<\/a> y el futuro F-47. Cada lecci\u00f3n que se aprende en los bancos de pruebas del F-16 \u2014c\u00f3mo una IA gestiona una fusi\u00f3n, una formaci\u00f3n, un pase de armas\u2014 es una lecci\u00f3n que heredan los CCA.<\/p><p>El programa ACE de DARPA y su avi\u00f3n X-62A VISTA sentaron las bases, ya que en septiembre de 2023 realizaron el primer combate a\u00e9reo dentro del alcance visual entre un F-16 controlado por IA y uno pilotado por un humano. VENOM toma esa prueba de concepto y la convierte en una l\u00ednea de producci\u00f3n repetible para realizar pruebas de autonom\u00eda en aviones de combate convencionales.<\/p><p>Hace dos a\u00f1os, esto se basaba en presentaciones de PowerPoint y simulaciones. Esta semana, un Fighting Falcon gris despegaba de Eglin, volando de forma aut\u00f3noma, con un humano a bordo. Los robots a\u00fan no reemplazan al piloto, pero aprenden r\u00e1pidamente, y ahora lo hacen en el cielo real.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IOJhgC1ksNU\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-8px\">Los agentes de IA de DARPA pilotan un F-16 contra un piloto humano: el trabajo de ACE que sent\u00f3 las bases para VENOM.<\/p><p style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:14px;color:#555\">Fuentes: Revista Air &amp; Space Forces; Oficina de Asuntos P\u00fablicos de la Base A\u00e9rea Eglin; DefenseScoop; Aerospace Testing International; Defense News.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/yfq-44a-fury-cca-first-aim-120-missile-2026\/\">El robot de apoyo estadounidense dispara su primer misil.<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/mq-25-stingray-nimitz-new-york-naval-review-250\/\">Un buque cisterna robotizado llega a Nueva York.<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two years the jets sat in a hangar at Eglin Air Force Base while engineers tore into their airframes and taught them to think. 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