Eyeing a new autonomous launcher prototyping initiative, Army checking out industry options

Eyeing a new autonomous launcher prototyping initiative, Army checking out industry options
Eyeing a new autonomous launcher prototyping initiative, Army checking out industry options

At least two companies are showing off their unmanned launchers for the service, while a one-star general says he is closely following the USMC’s ROGUE Fires program.

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USMC to add upgraded autonomy navigation suite into ROGUE Fires program

USMC to add upgraded autonomy navigation suite into ROGUE Fires program
USMC to add upgraded autonomy navigation suite into ROGUE Fires program

The service is funneling nearly $30 million into the program to add in Forterra’s AutoDrive system into the JLTV-based launcher.

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Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs

Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs
Providing an asymmetric advantage with quadcopters and fixed-wing VTOLs

The American-made Teal 2 quadcopter and Edge 130 Blue, a VTOL fixed-wing system, are both on the Defense Innovation Unit’s Blue List for acquisition by U.S. forces.

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Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering

Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering
Autonomy changes everything about combat engineering

Sending robotic vehicles into the breach saves lives by removing humans from one of the most dangerous places on the battlefield.

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The Army’s latest response to contested logistics is an uncrewed one-ton VTOL lifter

The Army’s latest response to contested logistics is an uncrewed one-ton VTOL lifter
The Army’s latest response to contested logistics is an uncrewed one-ton VTOL lifter

Contested logistics means resupplying Soldiers and Marines at the edge, and doing so with autonomy that doesn’t risk lives.

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5 questions with the 3-star general leading Army Materiel Command

5 questions with the 3-star general leading Army Materiel Command
5 questions with the 3-star general leading Army Materiel Command

“Our Ukrainian partners, because of necessity, are pushing the boundaries on how they do [3D printing] — both at the tactical level and all the way back at their depot system as well. The world has a lot to learn from how our Ukrainian partners are working,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan told Breaking Defense.

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Driverless systems are ready for the next gear

Driverless systems are ready for the next gear
Driverless systems are ready for the next gear

Robotic missile batteries maneuver and fire faster than crewed systems, keeping operators at standoff distances.

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An Army helicopter takes on new roles, including as a FLRAA testbed

An Army helicopter takes on new roles, including as a FLRAA testbed
An Army helicopter takes on new roles, including as a FLRAA testbed

The role of rotary wing aircraft in a 21st century security environment include operations in multi-domain operations and Joint All Domain Command and Control.

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CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit

CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit
CYBERCOM’s new AI task force working under ‘elite’ defensive operations unit

The Cyber National Mission Force’s commander “has that team of expertise as a tool that when she’s got a hard problem, she can use that task force as one of the solutions.”

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With AI and computer vision, almost any platform can be autonomous

With AI and computer vision, almost any platform can be autonomous
With AI and computer vision, almost any platform can be autonomous

The use of computer vision and perceptive autonomy can have a profound impact on speeding the Observe, Orient, Decide and Act (OODA) loop.

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Legion-X: Israel’s Elbit demonstrates man-machine teaming from UAS to ground robots

Legion-X: Israel’s Elbit demonstrates man-machine teaming from UAS to ground robots
Legion-X: Israel’s Elbit demonstrates man-machine teaming from UAS to ground robots

The system is meant to provide a vision into the “digital battlefield” based on inputs from a variety of systems.

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DoD’s update to autonomous weapons policy accounts for AI’s ‘dramatic’ future role

DoD’s update to autonomous weapons policy accounts for AI’s ‘dramatic’ future role
DoD’s update to autonomous weapons policy accounts for AI’s ‘dramatic’ future role

“I think one of… the things we sought to accomplish in the course of the update is clarifying the language to ensure a common understanding both inside and outside the Pentagon of what the directive says,” said Michael Horowitz, director of the Pentagon’s Emerging Capabilities Policy Office.

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Go-fast defense acquisition strategies can create risks that commercial technologies can counter

Go-fast defense acquisition strategies can create risks that commercial technologies can counter
Go-fast defense acquisition strategies can create risks that commercial technologies can counter Advertisement

There are ways to leverage proven commercial technology that enables warfighters to more quickly benefit from modern capabilities.

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Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says

Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says
Upstart Anduril Australia hopes to make 100s of large drone subs, ‘ITAR free,’ CEO says

CEO and chairman David Goodrich told Breaking Defense the $100 million USD effort to build three prototype Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicles (XL-AUVs) in three years is just the beginning of ambitious plans for the company.

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