A British soldier tests a robotic dog. (Photo: MoD) By Richard Norton-Taylor, Published by Declassified UK, 12 September 2023 The Ministry of Defence is spending billions of pounds on artificial intelligence programmes to develop new lethal weapons - while refusing to disclose all its AI projects. The Ministry of Defence
The Air Force’s pilotless XQ-58A Valkyrie experimental aircraft is run by artificial intelligence.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times By Eric Lipton, Published by NY Times, 28 August 2023 An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology, with
JUMP 20 is a winged drone, which can take off and land vertically. Image credit: Aerovironmentinc By Povilas M., Published by Technology.org, 1 July 2023 Drones are extensively used by both sides in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. In fact, it seems like this armed conflict became proving grounds for some
Published by The Guardian, 3 June 2023 Colonel clarifies comments about ‘rogue AI drone’ that supposedly killed its operator A US air force colonel “misspoke” when he said at a Royal Aeronautical Society conference last month that a drone killed its operator in a simulated test because the pilot was
Published by The Guardian, 2 June 2023 Denial follows colonel saying drone used ‘highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal’ in virtual test The US air force has denied it has conducted an AI simulation in which a drone decided to “kill” its operator to prevent it from interfering with
Blue Bear Ghost drones took part in a first AUKUS AI and autonomy trial designed to test target tracking capabilities under the direction of trilateral teams (UK MoD) By Tim Martin, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 May 2023 BELFAST — A collection of Australian, UK and US “AI-enabled assets” operated
By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 1 March 2023 Portable sat-comm gear feeds drone video to artillery batteries—and more. NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine—In a crowded basement just a staircase away from their sleeping quarters, the men and women of Ukraine’s 93rd Brigade “Seneca” drone unit waited for video feed of
Published by Sputnik News, 9 February 2023 MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's armed forces from using the Starlink satellite constellation for controlling and targeting drones as the technology was "never intended to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief operating
