autonomous systems

FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated recently delivered the 1,000th robot under its Man Transportable Robot System Increment II (MTRS Inc II) contract with the U.S Army and other services.

Elbit Systems will showcase its unmanned aerial system at the upcoming Paris Airshow, scheduled to take place at Le Bourget from 19 to 25 June 2023. The Hermes 900 UAS is developed to detect ground and maritime targets across a wide spectral range. This UAS with multi-payload capabilities procured by the Israel Defense Forces and various other countries.

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.