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Ukrainian ambush drones now dangle from power lines, and nobody yet knows whether they can draw power from them. Also: a Geran that navigates by sight, Kyiv's data opens to Britain, a kamikaze BTR-60 and a Pacific without rules. Perched Above The Road ...
Ukrainian soldiers want drones where one operator can run many. Also: the Pentagon narrows drone shortlist, Cessna's cockpit-less cargo drone, Britain's drone vending machine, the Army's $4.8bn laser upgrade, and the Air Force's anti-drone cannon. ...
Congress hears AI can outpace human oversight, a fatal strike shows this is real. Plus: British Army operates a drone swarm, Watchkeeper replaced, a Mojave lands on rough ground, France disperses its tanks, detecting silent drones, & F-16s share...
Anthropic says Russians used Claude to build an autonomous drone swarm. Plus: the Air Force triples its CCA target, a cheaper Reaper rival, Germany's AI drones for Ukraine, Poland's rifle-sized interceptor, China's combat robot, and a hiding from drones...
Boeing and Anduril advance in the race for the Army's newest base defense interceptor. Plus: Ukraine's FP-7 missile nears combat debut, Poland's jet-powered strike drone, China's combat humanoid robots, and Australia's sub-hunting drone boats. Boeing And...
Australia unveiled a ten year defence strategy while a Saildrone caught an $81M cocaine haul across the world. Plus: France's carmakers build drones, Rolls-Royce engines a German wingman, two Israeli firms scale up, a robot boat runs errands in Hawaii. ...
Ukraine's Trinity Robotics plans to double robot output to 2,200 units. Also: Iran's downed Reapers, a UK drone warship, Anduril's NATO win, a killer robot ban, Kraken's unicorn round, GPS-denied maps, AI decision limits. Ukraine's Trinity Robotics,...
IISS traces 144 European drone sightings across 13 states to Russia's shadow fleet. Also: One Pentagon drone office, London's £5 billion autonomy bet, NDAA doctrine push, Ukraine's Pacific test run, CCA production start. A Paper Trail For GhostsA...
In 1951, the psychologist Paul Fitts drew a line for the US National Research Council on the division of labour between people and machines in aviation. Humans got judgement in novel situations, flexibility, inductive reasoning, the detection of faint...