Category Archives: AI

Boeing, Shield to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy for Defense Programs

Boeing  and Shield AI have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore strategic collaboration in the areas of autonomous capabilities and artificial intelligence on current and future defense programs. The agreement, signed at the Air Force Association Warfare Symposium, will be managed by Boeing Phantom Works. Continue reading →

US Air Force Drones Can Now Recognize Faces

The U.S. Air Force now has the capability to use facial recognition on drones that could target specific people. Special operations forces can use the drones to gather intelligence and to aid in other missions, according to a contract first spotted by New Scientist. It’s part of a growing movement to develop automated weaponry that raises legal and ethical questions. Continue reading →

Demining Researchers Use Drone-Based, Machine-Learning Detection System

Oklahoma State University, and researchers led by Jasper Baur and Gabriel Steinberg, co-founders of the Demining Research Community, a nonprofit organization bridging academic research and humanitarian demining efforts have been in Oklahoma for two weeks, setting up grids of mines and munitions to train a drone-based, machine-learning-powered detection system. Continue reading →

Shield AI’s V-BAT Selected for DoD’s APFIT Pilot Program

Shield AI, a defense technology company building AI pilots for aircraft, announced its inclusion in the first set of projects selected to receive funding for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s (OUSD(R&E)) pilot program to Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies, also known as APFIT. Continue reading →