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06/14/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Army researchers develop A.I. tech that helps U.S. soldiers learn 13x faster than conventional methods

A Phys.org article states that Army researchers are making huge strides in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) that can support U.S. soldiers on the battlefield. Their latest development is an affordable yet capable AI assistant that can reportedly help human troops learn more than 13 times faster than normal training methods. Featuring vastly improved […]

06/11/2018 / By Jayson Veley

New Russian military drone carries an anti-tank grenade launcher

The Russian military flexed its metaphorical muscles recently after uploading a video to the Belarusian YouTube channel “ВоенТВ Беларуси,” which depicts an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying an anti-tank grenade launcher as it soars through the air. As you can see in the video below, the UAV is a bit unconventional and looks to be nothing […]

06/02/2018 / By Lance D Johnson

U.S. Military will deploy self-driving vehicles ahead of general public

The Pentagon has plans to get autonomous machines on the battlefield, long before the self driving vehicles take over America’s roadways. In a statement to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Michael Griffin said, “We’re going to have self-driving vehicles in theater for the Army before we’ll have self-driving […]

05/10/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

New AI tech will allow military drones to decide who to kill, experts warn warfare will go “from fighting to EXTERMINATION”

A recent announcement from the U.S. army about new drone technology is adding a new dimension to the ongoing ethical debate about drones. The army said it’s developing drones that have the power to target people and vehicles using artificial intelligence, taking human involvement entirely out of the equation. Military drones are currently controlled by […]

05/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Robots used in first joint U.S.-British training exercise

Military robots pulled off the very first robotic breaching operation during a joint training exercise in Germany. While their American and British minders supported them from a safe distance, the robots successfully removed various dangerous obstacles from the simulated battlefield, according to an article on ZDNet. During the Robotic Complex Breach Concept exercise, manned tanks […]

04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

ROBO-WARS: DARPA wants to deploy automated drones as coordinated swarms to “isolate an urban objective”

DARPA is no longer satisfied with merely deploying drones to the battlefield. It wants swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground-borne robots that can work together to isolate an urban objective, according to an article on TechCrunch. The military research agency has announced the second “sprint” of its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. Sprints are periods […]

11/18/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Robot-controlled vehicles could soon be restocking military front lines with ammo, food, fuel

The British Army has conducted an initial test of its new line of robotic vehicles during a scheduled exercise in Michigan in the United States. Driverless robotic all-terrain 4x4s were run by unseen British soldiers using Xbox controllers as the Ministry of Defence told the public on Tuesday, November 14 that it will join the […]

11/15/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Explosions? Not a problem for the new Russian “Superman suit” for soldiers

As Russia continues to beef up its military prowess, the country appears ready to outfit its infantry with futuristic super suits — specifically, futuristic super suits that will allow foot soldiers to walk through explosions unscathed. Such is what was shown in a newly released video. In it, a man dressed head-to-toe in a combat […]

10/06/2015 / By Chris Draper

DARPA implanting computer chips in soldiers’ brains

Melding artificial silicon with breathing tissue is no longer fantasy peddled by science fiction writers. That is at least what New York Times best-selling author and journalist Annie Jacobsen reports. In her new book, The Pentagon’s Brain, Jacobsen argues that DARPA has been secretly implanting computer chips into soldiers’ brains in order to treat trauma […]

08/28/2015 / By Greg White

The coming age of assassin kamikaze drones

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a… kamikaze drone! In 2008, the air force research laboratory set out to create a machine that could kill two birds with one drone. The kamikaze drone would be programmed to identify and kill a person, self-destructing on impact. Although these killing machines sound like creatures of fiction, […]

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