Nov 12, 2020 | Defense, Drones, Energy
Military planners are looking to drone swarms as both a threat and opportunity as the technology develops into a way to attack, defend or even deliver logistics. But short-range, small drone swarms have a problem: flight time. Most man-portable drones can run for less...
Nov 12, 2020 | Defense, Robots
In the age of artificial intelligence, robots will soon represent a large part of the armed forces, according to the UK’s chief of the defence staff Nick Carter, who predicted that up to a quarter of the army could be made up of autonomous systems in...
Oct 14, 2020 | Defense, Drones, Energy
Army researchers are working with the University of Illinois Chicago on unmanned technology for recharging drone swarms. The university has been awarded a four-year, $8 million cooperative agreement “to develop foundational science in two critical propulsion and power...
Oct 1, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Featured
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to boost the performance of algorithms to bring the driving performance of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) on par with human-piloted vehicles. The Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with...
Sep 3, 2020 | Aeronautics, Artificial Intelligence, Defense
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is worried that artificial intelligence programs might have serious and unknown vulnerabilities that adversaries could exploit. In particular, the Pentagon is worried that the technology could not only be hacked, but could be...
Jul 30, 2020 | Defense, Drones
Skyborg is one of the service’s top three “Vanguard” science-and-technology initiatives aimed at delivering game-changing capabilities for the future force.The aim of the effort is to integrate attritable drone technologies with open missions systems to enable...
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