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The Defense Department is concerned about gaining and keeping a technological edge and is looking to private-sector companies to help seal their capabilities. Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard is developing a counter-drone capability to protect both its own locations and to guard protected assets under special circumstances as provided for under a recent law. Read More
Ellen Lord, DOD’s undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment, told reporters that it couldn’t use commercially available and popular drones made by DJI, a China-based firm. Read More
DJI's U.S. operation tells lawmakers its technology is secure and is approved for use by state, local and federal agencies. Read More
A video walking tour shows the mine where teams honed underground navigation and exploration technologies for unmanned systems. Read More
DARPA wants supervised autonomous systems to detect and positively identify hostile agents before troops come in contact with them. Read More
The Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System features a customizable, drop-in kit that would allow advanced automation to be easily added to existing aircraft. Read More
Researchers at Virginia Tech are working to inject machine learning into search and rescue protocols and optimize autonomous, multi-drone teams to make searches more effective. Read More
The Army Research Laboratory is working on incorporating artificial intelligence into drones and thermal recognition tech to give warfighters increased situational awareness. Read More
Mounted on unmanned aerial and land vehicles, the lightweight radar-on-a-chip technology could expand the military's ability to map the shapes, sizes and features of objects in the environment. Read More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners. Read More
The Angler program proposes an underwater robotic system that autonomously surveys the sea floor and can physically manipulate manmade objects. Read More
Endeavor Robotics has joined forces with Howe and Howe Technologies to pursue the Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. Read More
Lockheed Martin's investment in Ocean Aero is just the latest sign that the market for unmanned maritime vehicles is heating up. Read More
There is fundamental disagreement over whether increasing the autonomy of weapons is always bad. Read More
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