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UK to test Sierra Nevada’s high-flying spy balloons
Sierra Nevada Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, will provide the United Kingdom with high-altitude uncrewed balloons to be used for surveillance and reconnaissance.
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Battlefield Tech
This infantry squad vehicle is getting a laser to destroy drones
The U.S. Army’s pursuit to counter small drones is heating up through directed-energy solutions.
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As Ukraine highlights value of killer drones, Marine Corps wants more
These drones can remain airborne until a target is identified ― at which point they set a course for that target and go out in a blaze of glory.
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US Army’s ‘Lethality Task Force’ looks to save lives with AI
The Close Combat Lethality Task Force hosted the first meeting of the Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuver working group at Fort Benning, where participants tested robots among other AI technologies.
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Spanish Army buys Milrem ground robot for testing
The evaluation comes as some European armies are in the market to equip their soldiers with robots for anything from cargo carrying to surveillance and attack missions.
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How does use of ‘ninja missile’ change counterterrorism?
Drone strikes have also been relatively effective at limiting collateral damage compared to other strike options—reducing deaths among both civilians on the ground as well as U.S. servicemembers who might otherwise take part in a ground raid. Needless to say, a more precise missile will only serve to keep lowering civilian casualties.
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US Navy injects first-of-kind unmanned experiments into multinational exercise
Look no further than the Rim of the Pacific drills for clues about the sea service's future fleet.
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Which drone was used in Al-Zawahiri strike? Experts point to General Atomics’ Reaper
The MQ-9 Reaper, which is made by unmanned aerial vehicles company General Atomics, has been used in many notable strikes across recent presidential administrations.
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A look at the ‘knife bomb’ that may have killed al-Qaida leader
U.S. officials haven't publicly said what weapon was used, but experts said a likely option was the highly secretive Hellfire R9X — know by various nicknames, like the “knife bomb."
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RIMPAC lessons will inform Navy’s pursuit of a program-of-record unmanned ship in 2025
Four unmanned surface vessels are operating at RIMPAC -- and the lessons they generate will inform the path to a Large USV program of record in the next three years, and help determine if there's a future for a Medium USV.
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Army pursues shared software among uncrewed vehicles
The Army will focus on light robotic combat vehicles.
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Leonardo DRS chief talks taking out drone swarms and what integrated sensing has in common with Tesla
The Army won't be able to shoot down a swarm of enemy drones they way it would a single drone, Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn said, so it needs a new strategy.
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Up, up and away: Airbus’ Zephyr drone breaks flight record high above Arizona
Army Futures Command launched a record-breaking test of the Zephyr, a UAS designed by Airbus.
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Future of autonomous flight comes into focus at Farnborough Airshow
“There is no reason why [a drone wingman] should be any less autonomous than what the F-35 is doing right now,” an F-35 pilot from the Royal Air Force said on Tuesday.
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Contractors look to lasers for unmanned systems
Laser technology’s ability to play a growing role in the military drone sector made a showing at the Farnborough Airshow this week.
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Marine Corps wants to test out partner drones, new MQ-9 Reaper payloads
The Marine Corps wants to increase its rapid prototyping fund by nearly a factor of six in 2023.
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Valkyrie success may push Skyborg drone concept to other programs, Kratos says
“This is getting to the end of the Skyborg program, is where we are,” Kratos executive Jeffrey Herro said at Farnborough.
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Lockheed working on expendable, advanced drones to team up with Air Force fighters
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works hopes to have expendable drones ready for the Air Force to use in the next few years, if a war with China breaks out.
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Pentagon AI roadmap seen helping build warfighter, public trust
Department of Defense released an implementation plan for the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
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Homeland Security, Justice officials urge Congress to expand counter-drone authority
Federal law enforcement agencies asked Congress for more authority to counter domestic drones.
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Britain’s Royal Air Force chief says drone swarms ready to crack enemy defenses
The conundrum of overcoming enemy air defenses is currently on display in Ukraine, where Ukrainian and Russian air-defense capabilities are effectively canceling out the other side's air power arsenal.
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Iranian envoy responds to US claim it’s selling drones to Russia
Earlier in the war, Iran was criticized in the West for not condemning Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
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Teledyne wins Pentagon order for hundreds of bomb disposal robots
The U.S. Armed Services placed an order for 500 robots from Teledyne FLIR Defense.
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US must invest in emerging tech to keep pace with China, Govini report says
Govini report said the U.S. government needs to put more spending toward emerging tech.
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US Navy, Air Force running ‘capstone test’ of new high-power microwave missile
The High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon (HiJENKS) uses microwave technology to disable an adversary’s electronic systems.

South Korea develops robot for autonomous tunnel exploration
The robot can explore underground tunnels without topographic information, detecting risks and generating a 3D map of the exploration area, a government agency says.
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