3 ways DARPA aims to tame ‘strategic chaos’ with AI
Combat is too complicated and chaotic for existing AI to analyze, and DARPA is trying to figure out the best way to combine algorithms with human expertise.
Resilient space systems require autonomy, cultural shift: Space Force chief scientist
Many of the technology challenges facing the Space Force are "fundamental and architectural," requiring the service to figure out how "to get these new, rapidly evolving ideas into the system in a way that makes sense and it's not utter chaos," said Joel Mozer, director of science, technology and research.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Let Your Robots Off The Leash – Or Lose: AI Experts
In DARPA-Army experiments, soldiers tried to micromanage their drones and ground robots, slowing their reaction times and restricting their tactics. Can AIs earn troops’ trust?
FVL: Robotic Co-Pilots Will Help Fly Black Hawks In 2021
Sikorsky’s ALIAS automation will help human pilots fly more safely at low altitude and high speeds and in poor visibility. Modified UH-60s will test out the technology for next-gen Future Vertical Lift.
BD Checks Out Army’s Robotic Gun: ATLAS
The Army will soon hold live-fire tests of an AI that can algorithmically spot targets and aim at them -- but a human still has to pull the trigger. Will ATLAS let future tanks fight better with smaller crews?
Low, Fast, Networked & Lethal: Future Army Airpower
Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and other top Army pilots say these new technologies, tactics, & training will keep aircraft alive against high-tech foes like Russia and China.
10 Breaking Defense op-eds that defined 2025
It's been a whirlwind of a year — and the defense establishment has plenty of thoughts on how it's unfolded and what might come next.
Air Force Collaborative Pushes AI Frontiers — Fast
DARPA used the collaborative to find and contract the industry competitors in the AlphaDogfight which resulted in an AI 'pilot' built by Heron Systems beat a top Air Force F-16 pilot in a simulated WWII-style aerial battle.
DARPA’s AlphaDogfight Tests AI Pilot’s Combat Chops
"Before AI can find its place, really, in the cockpit in a formation, it kind of has to earn its wings first," DARPA Deputy Director David Honey says.
DARPA Trains AI To Understand Humans – In Minecraft
The popular game offers an arena for AI to practice working with humans in an environment where there's no real-world risk of casualties.
Valkyrie Back In The Air With Successful Flight Test
The Valkyrie is the only drone to have flown with the Skyborg AI wingman package -- but the Air Force isn't ruling out the eventual use of another drone.
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Powering the future: Securing America with domestically made microelectronics
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Army To Test ATLAS Robotic Gun: Bruce Jette
The experimental turret will use the technology — and the safeguards — from the Army’s ATLAS project, originally misrepresented in the media as building "killer robots."
US ‘Loyal Wingman’ Takes Flight: AFRL & Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie
A single F-35 could have a flock of "loyal wingman" drones to carry weapons, jam radars, and if need be take a hit and die to save their human commander.
Robot Aircraft For Robot Tanks: GD & AeroVironment Team Up
AUSA: The Marines want their Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle to carry a scout drone that can look for threats and target them with loitering strike missiles or drones. Now General Dynamics Land Systems and drone maker AeroVironment are teaming up to offer the same built-in drone for future Army vehicles. The two companies announced here today that they’ve […]
VCJCS Selva: North Korea Hasn’t Demonstrated Key Tech To Nuke US Yet
WASHINGTON: North Korea has cut the warning time America has to a “dozen minutes or so” before an ICBM launch because of the mobile launch trucks it’s using, according to the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. “We may have gone from tens of minutes to up to an hour (previously) to a dozen minutes […]