Feb 27, 2020 | Defense, Featured, Government, Robots & Drones
The US Department of Defense budget papers for fiscal year 2021 announced a two-year ‘production pause in FY 2021 and FY 2022’ in the Triton program. The budget documents don’t state what is behind the pause. There are a range of potential factors, including finding...
Feb 13, 2020 | Defense, Robots & Drones
Drones are growing in popularity, but the trend also posing some serious dangers, as some people are flying them in the wrong places and for the wrong reasons. “Everyone is becoming a pilot, every neighborhood is becoming an airport,” said Timothy Bean, CEO, Fortem...
Dec 5, 2019 | Aeronautics, Defense
Michigan-based in-space propulsion startup Orbion is working with a major new partner: The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Orbion has secured a research contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Propulsion Directorate, specifically aimed at helping the...
Nov 20, 2019 | Defense, Government, Robots & Drones
China is exporting drones that it advertises as having lethal autonomy to the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday. It’s the first time that a senior Defense official has acknowledged that China is selling drones capable of taking life with...
Nov 7, 2019 | Cyber Security, Defense, Featured, Government
Twenty-seven states activated National Guard cyber security cells in November 2018 to help ensure critical network infrastructure remained unobstructed during the mid-term elections, the Guard’s top general said Tuesday, predicting more states would deploy such teams...
Nov 7, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
A Pentagon advisory board has published a set of guidelines on the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) during warfare. In “AI Principles: Recommendations on the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence by the Department of Defense,”...
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