#autonomous systems

Latvia says it will send mobile drone-interceptor units to its border with Russia after a series of incursions highlighted low-altitude air defense gaps in the Baltics.

After receiving more than two dozen submissions, the US Navy has advanced seven medium unmanned surface vessel designs into prototype evaluation ahead of planned at-sea demonstrations.

A new Marine Corps planning concept called Ground Combat Element 2040 offers an early look at how the service wants to integrate advanced technology, including autonomous systems, into future ground formations.

A new report on the RIPSAW M1 highlights a fast robotic combat vehicle built to scout terrain and launch munitions, reflecting the U.S. military’s push toward smaller, more mobile autonomous systems

Breaking Defense’s day-two wrap from Sea Air Space 2026 pointed to three recurring themes at the conference: new details on the Trump-class battleship, pressure around submarine timelines, and a show floor crowded with m

A Reuters-backed report says a global Starlink outage last August halted U.S. Navy unmanned vessel operations off California, exposing how deeply military programs depend on SpaceX’s satellite network.

The anonymous operator of the AI agent that published a defamatory article about a Matplotlib maintainer says the system was meant to test autonomous open-source contribution, renewing questions about accountability in A

A sponsored IEEE Spectrum white paper describes ZTASP, a chip-to-cloud assurance platform intended to govern distributed autonomous systems across drones, robots, sensors, and human operators.

The U.S. Army has awarded Anduril Industries the first task order under a new $20 billion contract vehicle for counter-drone systems, a framework designed to speed up how the military acquires drone defense technology.

A new generation of defense tech startups is building AI systems designed from the ground up for military operations, moving beyond commercial AI adapted for defense into purpose-built battlefield intelligence.

Gavin Kenneally, co-founder and CEO of Ghost Robotics, offers an in-depth look at the Vision 60 quadruped robot and its growing role in hazardous environments. The company's approach prioritizes ruggedized, all-terrain locomotion designed to keep human operators out of harm's way.