Robotic Warfare
Robotics and autonomy on the battlefield, examined without the hype.
Reports from 2024 and 2025 show Ukrainian drones, increasingly enhanced with AI, striking facilities in Russia's Rostov region. This evolution from piloted munitions to AI-assisted...
A Russian drone barrage on Kryvyi Rih that caused widespread winter blackouts has highlighted both the promise and the fragility of Ukraine's new AI-driven counter-swarm...
Replicator 2 is transitioning from concept to procurement with a focus on countering small UAS at fixed sites, and early solicitations and buys are already...
The Pentagon's decision to integrate Elon Musk's Grok models into its networks promises operational gains but amplifies risks around model robustness, data security, and fragmented...
The Pentagon's adoption of Fortem's AI-enabled DroneHunter interceptors highlights gains in speed and precision against small-drone threats but raises urgent ethical questions about identification, accountability,...
Aeva’s Omni is a compact 360 degree FMCW 4D LiDAR aimed at near-field, wide-view perception and debuted at CES 2026. It promises useful velocity-aware, interference-resistant...
In 2025 autonomous systems moved from niche tools to central elements of military planning and operations, driven by doctrinal updates, widespread fielding of drones and...
Humanitarian groups, the UN, and human rights organizations have issued urgent warnings about autonomous weapons and the broader human-robot future, citing legal, ethical, and operational...
Ukraine’s battlefield has become a live laboratory for AI‑enabled chase drones: autonomous and semi‑autonomous interceptors that pursue hostile UAVs. They are tactically promising and strategically...
A reflective assessment of the U.S. Replicator initiative that balanced its procurement and software achievements with integration, ethical, and institutional shortcomings. The piece argues the...
By late 2025 drone warfare had shifted from tactical novelty to structural reality: mass production and low-cost kamikaze systems drove a race between cheap attack...
2025 marked the maturation of AI-enabled drones from prototypes to operational units, driven by programs like the U.S. Replicator initiative and a wave of loitering...