They also spoke of fixing chaff too! Sweeeet.see here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=248568 - AI can#t lock on you out of auto-resolve distance, and therefor can't scan you or shoot at you with gimbals .... if you stay cold.
dev describes "eyeballing" of AI here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=236513&p=3645316&viewfull=1#post3645316 ... my impression from the beta is, that has been fixed, so it meets more or less players behaviour.