#autonomous weapons

Baykar de Turquía ha probado con éxito el comportamiento de enjambre autónomo en su munición merodeadora K2, demostrando navegación independiente de GPS y vuelo en formación coordinada en cinco aeronaves.

El ejército estadounidense ha anunciado un contrato con Anduril Industries por hasta 20 mil millones de dólares, consolidando más de 120 acciones de adquisición separadas en un único acuerdo empresarial para sistemas de defensa autónomos.

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.