autonomous systems

Elbit Systems of Australia will provide the Australian Army with the Skylark I LEX Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with Electro Optical and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system.

Knightscope, developer of autonomous security robots, announced it has completed its acquisition of CASE Emergency Systems. This adds a network of 7,000+ blue light towers and emergency call box to the portfolio of Knightscope.

AGILOX has added ODM, an autonomous dolly mover, to its range of intelligent transport systems controlled by swarm intelligence. AGILOX is thus targeting a completely new area of application: the transport of small load carriers.

Elbit Systems UK recently conducted successful demonstrations of its Seagull Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) to showcase its autonomous mine hunting technology for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Wilton Industry Show and Experiment (WISEX) showed the robots mine hunting capabilities under operational conditions.

Turkey’s drone company Baykar has announced a new phase in its unmanned combat aircraft project, unveiling that the first prototype has entered the production line.The company is in the news daily now, as Ukraine succesfully employs Bayraktar BT2 drones to fight the much bigger Russian invasion army.

Anduril joined nearly 9,000 personnel from more than 60 countries and international organizations last week in Bahrain to participate in International Maritime Exercise/Cutlass Express (IMX/CE) 2022, the largest maritime exercise in the Middle East. Anduril’s Lattice operating system was used in several training scenarios, including those related to surface warfare and search and rescue.

By 2025, privacy lawsuits and claims related to biometric information processing and cyber-physical systems will have resulted in over $8 billion in fines and settlements, according to Gartner.

Lethal autonomous weapons systems demand careful consideration but nightmare scenarios of the future won’t become reality anytime soon, says a UNSW Canberra military ethicist.

The DARPA Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program completed a first ever flight of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter without anyone onboard. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, completed 30-minutes of uninhabited flight with the optionally piloted vehicle (OPV) over the U.S. Army installation at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Later a second uninhabited flight was conducted.

Continental’s development and production service provider Continental Engineering Services (CES) is working with startup Volterio on developing an intelligent charging robot. They plan to release the jointly designed charging robot by mid-2022. With CES meeting all necessary certification criteria of the automotive industry, it will then also develop the system to production maturity and ultimately take over the production of the charging robot.