by dankeelan | Nov 13, 2024 | Autonomous Ships, Autonomous Vehicles, Military
Saab announced this week the arrival of something called the Autonomous Ocean Core. Technically a hardware and software suite, the tech is described as a ready-to-use autonomous control system meant to turn surface and subsurface ships into autonomous platforms...
by dankeelan | Oct 17, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Military
Autonomous helicopters have been in the works for years now, and that means we’re already getting to see some incipient results. One such development might take the form of a self-flying Black Hawk helicopter, for which DARPA just gave one of the biggest names...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2024 | Aerial Vehicles, Military
The US State Department has approved a prospective foreign military sale to Japan involving up to nine KC-46A aerial refuelling aircraft and a suite of equipment valued at approximately $4.1bn. This move aims to strengthen Japan’s defensive and operational...
by dankeelan | Jun 27, 2024 | Military, Robots
More than 1.6 million tonnes of unexploded weapons litter the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Remote-controlled seabed crawlers and robots with “smart grabbers” are now cleaning up these toxic munitions. A boxy robot crawls across the seabed off northern...
by dankeelan | Jun 20, 2024 | Defense, Drones, Military
German defense contractor Rheinmetall has introduced a new containerized launcher system for the Hero family of loitering munitions, better known as kamikaze drones. A rendering shared by The War Zone shows the system as a modified shipping container equipped...
by dankeelan | May 8, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Military, Robots
The United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is currently evaluating a new generation of robotic “dogs” developed by Ghost Robotics, with the potential to be equipped with gun systems from defense tech company Onyx Industries,...
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