First Anduril prototype ‘Ghost Shark’ drone sub delivered to Aussies 3 months early

First Anduril prototype ‘Ghost Shark’ drone sub delivered to Aussies 3 months early
First Anduril prototype ‘Ghost Shark’ drone sub delivered to Aussies 3 months early

“Due to its modular and multi-role nature, our adversaries will need to assume that their every move in the maritime domain is subject to our surveillance and that every [sub drone] is capable of deploying a wide range of effects, including lethal ones,” says Rear Adm. Peter Quinn.

Swarming drones in Abu Dhabi: UAE’s HALCON unveils new capability

Swarming drones in Abu Dhabi: UAE’s HALCON unveils new capability
Swarming drones in Abu Dhabi: UAE’s HALCON unveils new capability

“Once the target is identified, a decision is made among the swarm, and based on the target size, shape, and category, they decide how many drones are needed to destroy the target,” the company’s CEO told Breaking Defense.

Drones Vs. Drones: Lockheed MORFIUS Uses Microwaves To Kill Swarms

Drones Vs. Drones: Lockheed MORFIUS Uses Microwaves To Kill Swarms
Drones Vs. Drones: Lockheed MORFIUS Uses Microwaves To Kill Swarms

Crucial to the promise of MORFIUS is its ability to zap many drones at once in mid-air, far from the friendly vehicles, buildings, or people actively being defended.

What’s In A Name? Billions In Cuts Depend On Defining ‘Legacy’

What’s In A Name? Billions In Cuts Depend On Defining ‘Legacy’
What’s In A Name? Billions In Cuts Depend On Defining ‘Legacy’

As defense budgets face post-COVID cuts, everyone wants to axe “legacy” systems. But the services define “legacy” very differently from defense reformers.

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’
AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

The new simulation environment will use ‘digital twins’ to rapidly test and iterate “collaborative autonomous networked technologies,” AFRL explains.

DoD Drone Strategy Focuses On Low-End Threats – Not Nation-States

DoD Drone Strategy Focuses On Low-End Threats – Not Nation-States
DoD Drone Strategy Focuses On Low-End Threats – Not Nation-States

In April, the Yuma, Ariz. test range will host a competition of “low collateral damage” countermeasures designed to stop mini-drones without firing a shot. But can such a restrained approach stop the drone swarms Russia and others are developing?

DoD Creating Standards For AI Programs

DoD Creating Standards For AI Programs
DoD Creating Standards For AI Programs

DoD has “so many hundreds of programs that we really couldn’t do a fair evaluation of each individual activity,” Mark Lewis, director of modernization in the Research and Engineering office, said today.

Campaign To Stop Killer Robots ‘Unethical’ & ‘Immoral’: Bob Work

Campaign To Stop Killer Robots ‘Unethical’ & ‘Immoral’: Bob Work
Campaign To Stop Killer Robots ‘Unethical’ & ‘Immoral’: Bob Work

“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.”

Army Moves Out On Lasers, Hypersonics: Lt. Gen. Thurgood

Army Moves Out On Lasers, Hypersonics: Lt. Gen. Thurgood
Army Moves Out On Lasers, Hypersonics: Lt. Gen. Thurgood

“You want to kill a swarm of things — whatever that thing is — lasers are not really a swarm-killing tool. They can kill things fast, but they can’t kill a swarm of things fast enough.”

Genocide Swarms & Assassin Drones: The Case For Banning Lethal AI

Genocide Swarms & Assassin Drones: The Case For Banning Lethal AI
Genocide Swarms & Assassin Drones: The Case For Banning Lethal AI

Don’t fear robots who rebel against their human masters. Fear robots that obey the wrong human.

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Small Jets For Big Swarms: Kratos Buys Turbine Tech Company

Small Jets For Big Swarms: Kratos Buys Turbine Tech Company
Small Jets For Big Swarms: Kratos Buys Turbine Tech Company

“These are engines that would fit on your tabletop,” said Kratos exec Stacey Rock. “We don’t want hundreds of ‘em, we want thousands [of drones] to overwhelm the threat.”

US Army Pursues Israeli Robots

US Army Pursues Israeli Robots
US Army Pursues Israeli Robots

TARDEC, soon to be part of the new Army Futures Command, is exploring a wide range of Israeli robots. But IAI is already looking into the next generation: “flocks” or swarms of robotic systems that communicate with each other and collaborate to accomplish their mission.

Special Ops Command To Hold Flyoff Of Tiny Drones

Special Ops Command To Hold Flyoff Of Tiny Drones
Special Ops Command To Hold Flyoff Of Tiny Drones

Using lessons from places like Niger, commandos are looking for drones to carry blood to injured troops, as well as small systems that can fly indoors, through tunnels, swarm, and operate when being jammed.

USAF Wants Drone Swarms, AI To Buy Space

USAF Wants Drone Swarms, AI To Buy Space
USAF Wants Drone Swarms, AI To Buy Space

The Air Force wants more AI, cloud computing, autonomous drone swarms and thousands of tiny satellites. But most of these projects are only now getting off the ground at the Pentagon, making the service’s new “Flight Path” a little cloudy.