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Robotics
September 2023
JUST IN: Progress on Autonomy, AI Requires More Risk Taking
When it comes to the future of integrating autonomy onto robotic platforms, industry experts have a message for the government: reduce specificity and increase risk. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
September 2023
JUST IN: Joint Office Predicting, Preparing for Future Small Drone Threats
The Army-led Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office on Sept. 20 wrapped up a two-day “large-scale combat operations tabletop” exercise that looked ahead at the near- and far-term small drone threat. -
International
September 2023
JUST IN: AUKUS Partners Advancing on AI, Autonomy
Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are making key inroads in the areas of artificial intelligence and autonomy as part of their collaboration through the AUKUS security partnership, an Australian official said Sept. 20. -
Air Force News
September 2023
JUST IN: National Academies Report Urges Air Force to Name AI Testing ‘Champion'
A recent report scrutinizing artificial intelligence testing and evaluation practices within the Air Force highlighted concerns with old practices adapting to new capabilities, with one key takeaway: someone needs to steer the ship. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
August 2023
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Small Drone Threat Grows More Complex, Deadly as Tech Advances
If anyone wants to get an idea of how quick and potentially deadly small drones are becoming, all they have to do is head over to their local hobby shop, said one of the Pentagon’s key advisors on the threat. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
August 2023
BREAKING: New ‘Replicator Initiative’ More Than Just Swarming Drones, DIU Chief Says
A new Defense Department initiative to quickly develop and field swarming drones is about more than just this one technology, the new leader of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit said. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
August 2023
New Drone Can Drop Variety of Munitions on Targets
By Cambrie EckertWASHINGTON, D.C. — A manufacturer has developed a cigar-shaped advanced delivery drone that can efficiently drop a variety of munitions on targets without loitering. -
Robotics
July 2023
JUST IN: Pentagon's Counter-Drone Office Finishes Fourth Industry Demo
By Allyson ParkThe Pentagon’s counter-drone office finished its fourth industry demonstration on June 23 to “evaluate emerging technologies that close gaps, inform requirements and promote innovation,” according to the demonstration overview briefing. -
Robotics
July 2023
Why the Coast Guard Lags When It Comes to Unmanned Systems
It’s 2006, and the scene is a nondescript office building near the Navy Yard in Southwest Washington, D.C. -
Air Power
May 2023
JUST IN: Potential Budget Crunch ‘Devastating’ for Air Force, Hinders Jet Fighter Drone R&D
The fiscal year 2023 budget and the proposed 2024 budget include substantial increases in funding for the Air Force, which is scrambling to modernize and acquire a host of new systems, and the House of Representatives debt ceiling proposal that would return federal spending to 2022 levels next year would hobble the Air and Space Forces, a senior official said.
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