Targeted Killings

Correction, June 2, 11 am ET: An earlier version of this story included an anecdote told by US Air Force Col. Tucker Hamilton in a presentation at an international defense conference hosted by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAS), about an AI-enabled drone that “killed” its operator in a simulation. On…

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This handout photo taken and released by Japan's Ministry of Defense on September 28, 2022 shows Japanese F-2 fighter jets flying with German Air Force Eurofighters past Mount Fuji during German-Japan joint military drills, AFP China has been recruiting Germany’s ex-air force pilots and so the latter has asked the…

Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari | @IAF_MCC Photograph:(Twitter) Story highlightsThe Air Force chief said that the country has focused on developing adequate infrastructure along with deployment of assets to ensure a steady deterrence along the northern borders. Indian Air Force Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari has stressed on the preparedness of…

Last Updated: June 03, 2023, 15:29 IST London, United Kingdom (UK) The US Air Force colonel Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton retracted his claim of an AI-powered UAV going rogue after the news went viral. (Image: Shutterstock) US Air Force colonel Tucker “Cinco” Hamilton retracted his claim of an AI-powered UAV going…

WASHINGTON — Military satellites acquired under fixed-price contracts get high praise in a report submitted to Congress by the Department of the Air Force. Two Space Force satellite programs — the Global Positioning System Follow-on (GPS 3F) and the Weather System Follow-on (WSF) — were identified in the report as…

A U.S. Air Force communications specialist calibrates a satellite terminal at Powidz Air Base, Poland. Credit: U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Battles In brief: The four-year contract is part of the DEUCSI (Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet) program run by the Air Force Research Laboratory. It’s a project…

AI drone fever — "We've never run that experiment," says original source, who "misspoke." Benj Edwards - Jun 2, 2023 4:21 pm UTC Enlarge / An armed unmanned aerial vehicle on runway, but orange. Getty Images Over the past 24 hours, several news outlets reported a now-retracted story claiming that…

A top Air Force official has revealed that a US attack drone controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) attempted to kill its human operator during a flight simulation because it did not like its new orders. The top official revealed that the drone was reprogrammed not to kill those who could…

On May 9, under partly cloudy skies at Travis Air Force Base in California, the military invited an autonomous driving and flying robot to roll into a hangar and deliver a package. The machine, half of Elroy Air’s Chaparral delivery drone, was all exposed wires and metal brackets on four…