Former CIA director David Petraeus predicts that AI could command battlefield weapon networks by 2030, shifting from data analysis to autonomous military decision-making.
Former SpaceX engineers raised $100 million to scale production of autonomous, battery-powered rail vehicles designed for short-haul freight transport.
Northrop Grumman has completed the first flight of its YFQ-48A Blue Talon autonomous drone, a low-cost, modular loyal wingman designed for rapid production and high-risk combat missions.
The US Army is launching an Autonomous Systems Command to integrate robotics into its force structure and accelerate the procurement of intelligent military equipment.
Archipelo has introduced Salmon, a cryptographic infrastructure designed to provide verifiable execution history for AI agents and autonomous systems.
Portuguese defense tech firm TEKEVER has raised $580 million in a Series D round, reaching a valuation of $6.4 billion to scale its autonomous drone and AI systems.
AstroForge is integrating a transformer-based AI system named Solo to enable autonomous spacecraft operations, aiming to eliminate the need for ground-based control networks.
