Friday, March 17, 2017

Terminator Times #29

Drones:


DARPA seems to be revisiting the British Skyhook concept with an arrestor hook and catapult in its SideArm project.

DARPA's OFFST program is going to explore drone swarm tactics.

Australia has selected the CamCopter for its navy VTOl drone requiremen and unveiled its plans for a mix of manned and unmanned platforms.

China is offering its AR-2 missile meant for UAVs to foreign countries.

Daesh is using drones to drop bombs.

Israel's Flying Production has unveiled new UAVs.

Unmanned Ground Vehicles:

Lockheed is working on their own UGVs.

Software Bots:

MIT has an annual AI vs AI wargame.

3d Printing:

The European Defense Agency is looking at 3d printing.

Counter Drone:

The US Army has contracted SRC to develop counter UAV tech.

More on the US Navy Spike missile tests against drones.

META:

The US Navy has eliminated the unmanned systems office.

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