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The big defense contractors are looking at smaller, agile companies to push the envelope on AI, and developing the new ‘Skyborg’ brain.
By Theresa Hitchens“So, we’re purposely trying to identify those things that may fundamentally change the way in which we are approaching warfare and our concept of operations.”
By Theresa HitchensNo other aerospace and defense manufacturer is poised to deliver a CCA as capable as the one built by General Atomics, or one as economical, producible, and flexible.
Learn More → Presented by GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.No other aerospace and defense manufacturer is poised to deliver a CCA as capable as the one built by General Atomics, or one as economical, producible, and flexible.
By GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.The first launch in 2025 “will serve as a testbed for maturation of multiple Anduril and third party payloads which we will be announcing in the coming months,” said Gokul Subramanian, Anduril’s senior vice president of space and engineering.
By Theresa HitchensThe drone will decide if, say, an abandoned car near a road appears to be a threat or not. If it decides it’s not then it wouldn’t “bother the operator. The operator is doing something important,” co-founder Matthew Buffa said. “I’m (the drone) not going to go on the radio and tell him about this random car I’ve seen, which is what autonomous systems do right now.”
By Colin ClarkThe defense tech startup disclosed a new “Barracuda” weapon, and put on a demo for reporters where drone wingmen were controlled using voice commands.
By Michael MarrowThe demo come as two Army officials tell Breaking Defense that the service is reassessing its unmanned needs and looking at new lethal options.
By Ashley Roque“We’ve developed the ATLAS vehicle to give soldiers the advantage on the modern battlefield. This has resulted in an autonomous platform that will deliver the dull, dirty and dangerous tasks expected in a combat environment,” said Andrew Gresham, a managing director at BAE Systems Australia.
By Colin ClarkGeneral Atomics is also expected to showcase an XQ-67 aircraft that has been doing live-flight tests during the upcoming Air Force Association conference.
By Valerie Insinna“It’s a very draft requirement [with] a lot of work to do on how to refine it, but we have PLS systems – the larger tactical resupply [tucks] – and you have the S-MET and there’s really a gap between the two,” said Kevin Mills.
By Ashley Roque“Early indications are that the 3 countries are missing an opportunity to craft a shared defense export control framework devoid of the well-understood structural problems associated with the ITAR,” the US Studies Centrre report’s authors write.
By Colin ClarkChallenges related to software, communication and mobility of UGVs have been a concern for the branch. The bureaucracy involved in procurement processes also hampers efforts to deploy uncrewed platforms into convoys.
By Flavia Camargos Pereira