autonomous vehicles Archives

Spacecom leader lays out wish list for DARPA-led innovation

U.S. Space Command is interested in new tech to improve domain awareness, vehicle autonomy, maneuver and logistics.

Aug 31, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

GAO, Government Accountability Office — The entrance to the Government Accountability Office building on H Street NW in Washington, D.C. (Joe Warminsky / Scoop News Group)

GAO issues AI accountability framework for agencies

The framework comes as GAO initiates investigations pertaining to national and homeland security and justice that involve AI.

Jul 2, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

An Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System, or ALTIUS, is launched from a UH-60 Black Hawk at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. on March 4, 2020. (Courtesy photo provided by Yuma Proving Ground)

Anduril buys small drone company, expanding its innovative tech portfolio

Defense tech startup Anduril Industries is making moves into the drone market with the acquisition of Area-I.

Apr 1, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Army ground robots — An Army illustration of ground robotic vehicles trained to receive demonstration commands instead of verbal commands as part of ongoing Army-led research. (Army Research Lab)

Soldiers getting ‘constant’ practice with new robotic vehicles

The Army is working to ensure that future AI-driven ground systems are built with human-machine trust.

Mar 11, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

Army robot — U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Bravo Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepare the Dragon Runner 10 robot for operation in Grafenwoehr Training Area during the 2019 Saber Junction exercise in Germany. (DOD / Spc. Ryan Lucas)

The Army looks to pave way for autonomous vehicles with new AI research

New research in reinforcement learning systems could help the Army make better use of its data and training of robots in battle.

Jan 6, 2021 By Jackson Barnett

DOD must pay more attention to building people’s trust in AI, researchers say

The Pentagon plans to use AI to assist on the battlefield, not to replace humans entirely. But to successfully pair human and machine, the military needs to…

Oct 16, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Air Force selects pool for $400M ‘Skyborg’ contract for autonomous drone systems

Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Kratos Defense and Northrop Grumman all will be able to vie for work on the highly networked technology.

Jul 28, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

ship, vessel, sea, ocean, data, autonomous, unmanned, navy — (Getty Images)

Navy researches ways to push autonomous ships past current limits

The Navy is trying to find prototypes and research on how to stay connected with autonomous vehicles at sea and in the heat of battle.

Jun 16, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Elaine Chao, Transportation secretary, DOT — Elaine L. Chao speaks at the International Transport Forum’s 2019 Summit on “Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration” in Leipzig, Germany, on 22 May 2019. (International Transport Forum)

The first governmentwide automated-vehicle principles are ready for agencies

The guidance, outlined by Secretary Elaine Chao at the Consumer Electronics Show, is meant to help 38 federal bodies coordinate research, integrate the technology and avoid burdensome…

Jan 9, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

TuSimple autonomous truck — A TuSimple truck. (TuSimple / Twitter)

This autonomous-truck test was ‘boring,’ and that’s what the USPS wanted

The Postal Service teamed up with a San Diego company to make runs between Phoenix and Dallas.

Jun 10, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier