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Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone in a hangar test chamber

An F-22 pilot acted as an airborne quarterback for an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury drone during a multi-hour flight from Edwards Air Force Base, sending it a new mission plan by data link

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — A Raptor and a Fury took off from the

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Australian Army Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicles, from the order of 211, during early training in 2020.

Rheinmetall says a Boxer crew member with less than 30 minutes of training commanded a drone swarm by voice through the vehicle’s headset while operating the vehicle

Less than 30 minutes of training was all one Australian Boxer crew member had before

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A FireAnt unmanned ground vehicle used in U.S. Army training. Not part of the 390A course.

The Army has activated 390A Robotics Technician, a new warrant officer specialty for battlefield robots, with 10 warrant officers in its first class

The U.S. Army now has a warrant officer specialty built around robotics. Military occupational specialty

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The Navy's unmanned surface vessel Mariner underway in the Pacific, Sept. 16, 2023.

The Navy has stood up a new warfighting center at Little Creek to work out how drones, robot boats and undersea vehicles will fight with the fleet

Uncrewed aircraft, surface vessels and undersea vehicles now have a single command in the U.S.

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Ukrainian National Guard troops with a Leleka-100 reconnaissance drone.

Up to 12 UK companies will train drone-swarm AI on Ukraine’s database of more than 6 million battlefield object detections

More than 6 million object detections, recorded by drones over Ukraine’s front lines, are about

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Obama Says the Trump Administration Called the Iran War "the Best War Ever," Asks "How's That War Going?" Nearly Eight Months After U.S. Strikes Began

Obama Warns AI Could Bring “Amazing Breakthroughs” or “Potential Catastrophe,” Says the Outcome “Will Depend on the Choices We Make Right Now” — Warns It’s “Moving at Lightning Speed” Faster Than Its Own Engineers Can Control

Former President Barack Obama, who spent eight years as commander-in-chief weighing threats to American security,

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Warns Country Is Heading Toward “Totalitarianism,” Says “We Cannot Allow America to Become a Surveillance State Where a Handful of AI Oligarchs Profit”

Sen. Bernie Sanders Warns Country Is Heading Toward “Totalitarianism,” Says “We Cannot Allow America to Become a Surveillance State Where a Handful of AI Oligarchs Profit”

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Wednesday that he will introduce legislation targeting Flock Safety,

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Rand Paul Says "Conservatives Who Bend to Big Government Are Approving the Loss of Liberty" as His Own Surveillance Reform Bill Sits With Zero Cosponsors and National Debt Tops $40 Trillion

“This Is Mass Surveillance of Every American” — Sen. Rand Paul Accuses Flock Safety of Running Warrantless Tracking Operation With 120,000 Cameras in Over 5,000 Police Jurisdictions

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) used a Thursday morning post on X to accuse Flock

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“Flock Is Always Watching” — Bernie Sanders Demands America “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE” as Company Deploys Nearly 100,000 Cameras Tracking Americans’ Every Movement

“Flock Is Always Watching” — Bernie Sanders Demands America “STOP AI MASS SURVEILLANCE” as Company Deploys Nearly 100,000 Cameras Tracking Americans’ Every Movement

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday issued a sharp warning about the rapid expansion of

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Image Credit: Matthew Coleman-Foster - Public domain/Wiki Commons

7 military myths that won’t die—and why they persist

Every war generates a highlight reel—and with it, a new crop of “lessons” that travel

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