USAF will upgrade F-16s ' computers to keep venerable Falcon fighters flying until the 2040s — popular 4th generation aircraft will have flown almost seven decades by the time they retire

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The US Air Force is seeking a 'Next-Generation Mission Compute' offering to replace the brain of its F-16 Block 40/42/50/52 jets

The notice calls for open, swappable hardware that physically separates flight-safety and mission computing, with room for GPUs and AI

Officials say these jets will serve into the 2040s, roughly seven decades after the F-16 first flew in 1974

The US Air Force is shopping for a new brain for its F-16 Fighting Falcons…