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,...
by dankeelan | Mar 28, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Military
U.S. government spending on artificial intelligence has exploded in the past year, driven by increased military investments, according to a report by the Brookings Institution, a think tank based in Washington D.C. The report found that the potential value of...
by dankeelan | Mar 28, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Drones, Military
One day, autonomous drones using artificial intelligence could survey scenes like the Baltimore bridge collapse to search for survivors, or even inspect bridges to detect maintenance needs. Those are some of the potential future benefits of a $3.3...
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