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Drone Warfare

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Hackers to Kill Small Drones

Drone Swatters The U.S. Navy is hiring a new team of hackers, engineers, and scientists to find ways to stop swarms of commercial drones. Drones are causing problems for militaries around the world, and the Navy wants to make sure it can prevent more issues as the technology gets more sophisticated, according to Defense One — a

Laser Tanks

The Military Is Mounting Laser Weapons on Tanks

Laser Tank The U.S. Army is developing tanks and drones armed with laser weapons. The Army’s stock of armored Stryker tanks may soon get a laser cannon upgrade, as well as the capability to launch “hunter-killer” drones, according to Defense Maven. The laser-equipped vehicles and drones would be able to autonomously target, track, and disable targets

Pull!

The US Military Just Blew Up an ICBM With Another Missile

Missile Test On Monday, The U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intercepted and shot down an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that had been launched from the Republic of Marshall Islands. The U.S. was testing its ability to destroy a hostile missile before it reached the U.S. In this case, sensors on the ground, as

Bumper Drones

Cargo Drones Have One Problem: Not Crashing Into Things

Bonk! So far, no one has solved a relatively simple-sounding problem: how to program a large drone to automatically spot and steer clear of an obstacle in its path. Right now, drones used by the military still need a helping hand when something pops up in their path, but a startup called Sabrewing told IEEE Spectrum that it should

BattleBots

The U.S. Military Is Hiring Palantir to Build Battlefield AI

Finish Line The U.S. Army has struck a contract with Palantir Technologies — co-founded by tech heavyweight Peter Thiel — to build out and deploy an artificial intelligence system that can help soldiers analyze a combat zone in real time. The decision came down to Palantir and defense contractor Raytheon, both of which were invited to apply for the contract

Satellite Down

India Just Shot Down a Satellite With a Missile

Victor Tangermann

Satellite Killer Indian authorities claim to have successfully tested an anti-satellite missile. “India is now a major space power,” said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to local news. “India has achieved a big feat today.” Election Season The destroyed satellite was one of India’s own, orbiting the Earth at 186 miles (300 km). The Independent reports that

Access Denied

The Pentagon is Hiding Info About Google’s Work on Military Drones

Top Secret Nine months after internal protests and public outcry caused Google to stop developing AI for military drones, the Department of Defense is keeping any records of the mysterious Project Maven tightly under wraps. More than a year ago, The Intercept reporter Sam Biddle tried to use public information law to learn more about

Cocktail Sauce

DARPA Wants to Use Noisy Shrimp to Detect Enemy Subs

Underwater Spies As Russia, China, and the United States race to build undetectable submarines or underwater drones, scientists are recruiting some unlikely help to keep up. A DARPA-funded program called Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors — adorably abbreviated to “PALS” — is developing a way to use the endless bubbling, snapping, and clicking of underwater shrimp as a sort

Virtual Combat

The U.S. Army Is Using Virtual Reality Combat to Train Soldiers

War Games The U.S. military has constructed a massive virtual reality platform to help train infantry soldiers in realistic battlefields filled with millions of artificial intelligence agents. Futurism first reported on the Synthetic Training Environment (STE) back in April, when the U.S. Army published a whitepaper describing its ability to simulate real cities in the U.S. and North

Major Laser

The U.S. Military is Mounting a Giant Laser Cannon on a Destroyer

Laser Cannon The U.S. Navy says that it’s going to outfit a Destroyer ship with a laser system made by military contractor Lockheed Martin — and with the dramatic name HELIOS, which stands for High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance. “The HELIOS program is the first of its kind, and brings together laser weapon, long-range