autonomy Archives

Reconciliation bill includes billions for new drone capabilities

Sizable investments would go toward one-way attack drones.

Apr 28, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brien Disbro, a crew chief assigned to the174th Attack Wing, performs post-flight maintenance on an MQ-9 Reaper on Mar. 10, 2025 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The MQ-9 arrived for Advanced Wrath, a two-week exercise supporting U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue operations, and testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)

Air Force officials hungry for SOUP

The Air Force Research Lab issued a solicitation for its Sensing Operation Using Prediction (SOUP) program.

Apr 16, 2025 By Jon Harper

Copperhead-100 and Copperhead-500 on display (Images courtesy of Anduril)

Anduril unveils new torpedo that can be launched by underwater drones

The Copperhead-M comes in two models with different payload capacities.

Apr 7, 2025 By Jon Harper

A US flag flies near the dome of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, February 25, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Congress’ new Foreign Arms Sales Task Force eyes disruptive reforms

The task force hosted its first closed-door meeting this week.

Apr 3, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing prepare a small unmanned aerial system for takeoff during an Adaptive Airborne Enterprise Exercise Talon Spear at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. June 21, 2023. The goal of Exercise Talon Spear is to integrate small unmanned aerial systems for the rapid mobility capability for agile combat employment. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Alexcia Givens)

SOCOM awards Anduril $86M contract for autonomy software integration

U.S. Special Operations Command is keen on collaborative autonomy capabilities to aid commandos.

Mar 26, 2025 By Jon Harper

U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Phelan arrives to a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Navy and Marine Corps

John Phelan is set to take the helm as secretary of the Navy after lawmakers confirmed him Monday.

Mar 24, 2025 By Jon Harper

DIU, Air Force move forward with 2 vendors to next phase of Enterprise Test Vehicle program

DIU and the Air Force are eyeing the ETV platform for a program that looks to develop a palletized munition weapon system.

Mar 5, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

Screenshot of John Phelan testifying at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 27. 2025.

Trump’s Navy secretary nominee endorses joint collaboration with Air Force on drone enablers

If confirmed, John Phelan — a businessman and co-founder of MSD Capital — would take the helm of the department as it pursues new drones and a…

Feb 27, 2025 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicles armed with the R600 autonomous weapon system provides support to dismounted Soldiers in an urban environment as part of a human integration experiment at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 17, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samarion Hicks)

Next iteration of Army’s ‘transforming-in-contact’ will focus on autonomy

As the Army looks to scale its transforming-in-contact initiative to divisions and heavy brigades, it plans to experiment more with robotics and autonomy technology.

Feb 18, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau

L3 Harris AMORPHOUS rendering (Image credit: L3Harris)

L3Harris unveils plan to control thousands of autonomous systems simultaneously

The company announced its vision for its AMORPHOUS technology.

Feb 10, 2025 By Mark Pomerleau