Textron won the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium and Qinetiq the RCV-Light, but General Dynamics’ award for the S-MET “mule” must be recompeted.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.New Army mounted system won’t play favorites when it comes to C5ISR, EW and A-PNT
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor will facilitate tech insertion for new capabilities while co-existing with the Mounted Family of Computer Systems.
The Army is skeptical that early models of the Future Vertical Lift aircraft will be able to fly unmanned. But Bell says it’s already flight-tested all the essential automation.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
A simulated infantry platoon, reinforced with drones and ground robots, repeatedly routed defending forces three times its size — without losing a single human soldier. Would this work in real life?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The US Army is field-testing a robot brain so versatile it can drive both tanks and trucks — even British Army lorries with the steering wheel on the wrong side.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Beijing is using artificial intelligence, not only to repress domestic dissidents and minorities, the Defense Secretary said, but to develop and export autonomous weapons.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“The Commission is not glorifying the prospect of AI-enabled warfare, [but] adopting AI for defense and security purposes is an urgent national imperative.”
By Theresa Hitchens The military figured out how to use nuclear power safely, the advisory panel said, and it can do the same with artificial intelligence.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
ROC-X – The solution to organic precision strike capabilities
At AUSA Global Force 2024, IAI will present integrated, AI-driven combat systems – both manned and unmanned – that are opening new opportunities on the battlefield.
The Robotic Test Demonstrator is serving as a “rolling laboratory” to test pretty much every subsystem, especially sensors, that an unmanned vehicle would need, says James Miller, BAE Systems senior business development director for combat vehicles.
By Theresa Hitchens The Ripsaw design is so flexible, the company claims, it can scale up and down for different missions.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“We’ve been socializing the idea both over at the White House and inside the Department,” Air Force acquisition czar Will Roper said about his push for a new initiative to explore “self-flying cars.”
By Theresa Hitchens It’s one small test for a robot, one tactical leap for robot-kind.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“They’re willing to say, ‘I’m willing to sacrifice the lives of American servicemen and women, I’m willing to take more civilian casualties … on the off chance that sometime in the future this weapon will exist.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. Today, that means electronic deception.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
