#autonomous weapons

Das türkische Unternehmen Baykar hat erfolgreich autonomes Schwarmverhalten in seiner K2-Loitering-Munition getestet und demonstrierte GPS-unabhängige Navigation sowie koordiniertes Formationsfliegen mit fünf Flugzeugen.

The U.S. Army has announced a contract with Anduril Industries worth up to $20 billion, consolidating more than 120 separate procurement actions into a single enterprise agreement for autonomous defense systems.

The U.S. Army has placed a $186 million order for AeroVironment's Switchblade loitering munitions, including both anti-personnel and tank-killing variants. The purchase signals the military's accelerating shift toward expendable autonomous weapons systems.

Dario Amodei told the Pentagon he 'cannot in good conscience' lift restrictions on military use of Claude AI, even as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatens to invoke the Defense Production Act. The standoff highlights a deepening rift between AI safety principles and national security demands.

Facing severe personnel shortages after three years of conflict, Ukraine is transforming its military doctrine around autonomous and semi-autonomous drones. What began as improvised drone warfare has matured into a systematic shift where machines increasingly fill roles once held by infantry soldiers.