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DARPA autonomous vehicles take on California hills in off-road testing
DARPA began the second round of off-road testing for its autonomous vehicle program, this time turning to the steep hills and trees of central California.
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Success denied: Finding ground truth in the air war over Ukraine
If the U.S. Air Force clings to its offense-first, air-superiority vision it may share the fate of Russia's air force: surprised and largely sidelined.
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Army missile teams will add robots and multi-payload rockets
The Precision Strike Missile is the centerpiece of current Army fires work.
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‘SkyRange’ uncrewed aircraft to speed hypersonic testing by 2024
The program is part of a broader Pentagon effort to increase its hypersonic flight-test cadence from about a dozen tests annually to almost one per week.
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Boeing demonstrates MQ-25′s utility as surveillance drone
Though the MQ-25 will first deploy as a tanker, Boeing is working to mature a second mission set for the long-endurance carrier-based drone.
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Are autonomous ships and vehicles ‘unmanned’ or ‘uncrewed’?
Most literature in this field from all sources – whether academic, governmental or other – tends to use the gender-biased terms “manned” and “unmanned."
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Mark your calendar for a planned drone wingmen competition
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall also said drone wingmen could be a way for international allies to take part in the Next Generation Air Dominance effort.
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Simulation sandbox can speed development of uncrewed military vehicles
AI-based simulations can shorten testing periods by running thousands of different scenarios simultaneously.
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Futures Command faces identity crisis as Army shifts mission
Top Army officials are rethinking Futures Command, shifting it from an organization with control over investment decisions to an advisory body.
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French Navy takes delivery of new mini-drones for reconnaissance
The catapult-launched aircraft can operate autonomously for three hours in a 50 kilometer (27 mile) range, per the manufacturer.
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