AUKUS nations take aim at robotic ground vehicles under threat of electronic warfare
The trial, which took place in South Australia, is the latest in a series of experimental efforts associated with AUKUS' Pillar II.
Drones for maintenance: After autonomous C-5 scan, Boeing looks to ‘weatherizing’ UAVs to go outside
"We've proven this works, we've proven the goodness," Scott Belanger, capabilities integration team lead for Boeing Global Services, told reporters. "Now, where do we take it? How do we really scale it?"
Australia, Japan ink first R&D trial on underwater tech
“This project will build a foundation for future joint research on robotic and collaborative autonomy, aiming to deliver advanced capabilities to support asymmetric advantage,” Tanya Monro, Australia’s chief defense scientist, said in a statement.
DoD hoping to build international cooperation on responsible AI, autonomy
“I think that there’s a recognition that the sorts of norms we’re trying to promote are things that all countries should be able to get behind,” Pentagon emerging capabilities official Michael Horowitz said.
Lawmakers, experts raise concerns over Pentagon’s ambitious Replicator drone initiative
As it currently stands, Replicator “is kind of aiming at the wrong problem,” Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute said.
DIU asks industry about affordable, mass-produced unmanned aerial systems
The request comes weeks after Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the Replicator initiative to counter China’s military mass.
‘Replicator’ revealed: Pentagon initiative to counter China with mass-produced autonomous systems
Though being "cagey" about details, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kath Hicks said the new Replicator program is meant to get "multiple thousands" of autonomous systems in the hands of servicemembers with two years.
Boeing sees 5G, drone inspectors and augmented reality training key to future aircraft maintenance
Boeing officials recently demonstrated two separate efforts with the Air Force focused on aircraft mission and training readiness.
AFWERX wants to build out autonomy ‘proving ground’ for testing new tech
“This isn't a thought experiment anymore," Lt. Col. Bryan Ralston said. "We've actually done something and seeing how it works and how we can adapt these technologies.”
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Regulate military use of emerging tech before ‘Armageddon,’ new report urges
A new report from the Arms Control Association warns that without adopting such measures, “cutting-edge technologies will be converted into military systems at an ever-increasing tempo, and the dangers to world security will grow apace."
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.
From prototypes to operations: In record-breaking year, DIU transitioned 17 new tech
The Defense Innovation Unit in FY22 awarded $203 million in prototype contracts across 165 vendors, started 52 new projects and saw a 47 percent increase in the total number of companies competing for a contract, according to DIU's annual report.
Forget The Terminator; Suicide & Data Drones Are Future, Says SCO’s Roper
AFA HQ: William Roper, the man who’s helping shape that future at the well-named Strategic Capabilities Office, told a packed room here that “stealth won’t last forever;” that adapting to the new version of war he’s helping the country ready for “is going to be harder for the Air Force than the other services;” that […]
Best Of 2016: Rise Of The Robots
How does war change when your weapons can think? Do you trust a computer to decide when and whom to kill? Questions once asked only in science fiction are now becoming matters for policymakers. All four armed services are experimenting with artificial intelligence in every domain: land, sea, air, outer space, cyberspace, and the all-pervasive […]