Call for entrants: 5th Air Combat AI Challenge, Youth Division
We called for people to enter the youth division of the 5th Air Combat AI Challenge as a UxV Lab team.
- Enter as a UxV Lab team
- Born on or after 2 Apr 1997, Japanese nationals
- This call has closed
Enter the youth division of the 5th Air Combat AI Challenge as a UxV Lab team
The Air Combat AI Challenge is held by Japan's Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency. UxV Lab is not involved in organising or running it.
The contest
A machine learning contest held by ATLA's Air Systems Research Center to gather a wide range of ideas on AI that supports air-to-air combat. It has run since 2022; this is the fifth edition.
- Organiser
- ATLA Air Systems Research Center
- Operator
- SIGNATE Inc.
- Dates
- 28 August – 18 December 2026 (after a two-week extension)
- Youth division
- Japanese nationals born on or after 2 April 1997, as individuals, teams or companies
- Match
- 5 vs 5: four fighters and one escort target per side. Shoot down the opposing escort target with high accuracy, in less time
- Scoring
- Rating from match scores, combined with a review of top entrants' reports
Source: 防衛装備庁「第５回 空戦AIチャレンジに係るお知らせ」 / SIGNATE プレスリリース（2026.08.31）