Topic: autonomy

The future of autonomy will integrate aerial and ground systems

March 03, 2026

The defense sector is saturated with aerial drone warfare, yet far less attention is paid to the ground domain. While air autonomy has dominated recent operational narratives, but the next advantage in autonomy will come from tightly integrating unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Together, these systems address tactical blind spots that aerial platforms alone cannot solve, combining reach and speed with endurance, logistics capacity, and terrain control to enable more resilient, scalable, and survivable operations.

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Autonomous AI acceleration requires hardware design to evolve

March 03, 2026

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From single-band fragility to adaptive spectrum control

March 03, 2026

Topic: autonomy

The future of autonomy will integrate aerial and ground systems

Autonomous AI acceleration requires hardware design to evolve

From single-band fragility to adaptive spectrum control

A.I.

Autonomous-systems ethics to be explored by DARPA program

Unmanned

U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters will evaluate Sikorsky flight-autonomy system under DARPA contract

Unmanned

Autonomy provider Reliable Robotics approved for USAF funding increase program

A.I.

AI technologies from SparkCognition tested during autonomous exercises for warfighters

A.I.

AI, collaborative sensing platform from Sarcos Defense under test with AFRL

Unmanned

Small UAS in development for Army to focus on autonomy

A.I.

AI-enabled autonomous systems for ISR garner Army demo contract

A.I.

Multisensor for autonomy contract signed by AFRL, Parallax Advanced Research

Avionics

Real-Time Innovations set to present solutions for autonomous systems at AUVSI Xponential 2021

Unmanned

Autonomous-vehicle contract signed between U.S. Army and Southwest Research Institute

A.I.

DoD must innovate in AI by 2025

Unmanned

Robot autonomy in space to be supplemented with MoveIt Studio

Unmanned

Autonomous-flight cooperation pact signed by Mercury Systems and Airbus Defence and Space

Unmanned

Autonomous systems innovation goal of UK robotics organization

A.I.

Artificial intelligence impact on defense to be enormous, study says

Comms

Automated ISR intelligence sharing goal of Hexagon, General Atomics partnership

Unmanned

Autonomous ground vehicle contract aims to change military-convoy refueling operations

Unmanned

Naval autonomy and AI technology goal of Rolls-Royce R&D funding

Unmanned

Amphibious combat vehicle from BAE Systems gets $184 million add-on contract from U.S. Navy

Unmanned

Market for military robots will swell to $24.2 billion by 2025, study says

Unmanned

UASs to use sensors and AI to autonomously launch and land without GPS

A.I.

Autonomous THeMIS UGV demonstrated for Italian Army

Avionics

Flying vehicles: Are we there yet?

Unmanned

Unmanned air platform deemed ROBOpilot undergoes more flight tests

Unmanned

Hypersonic-vehicle navigation system from Draper gets nod from Stratolaunch

Unmanned

Unmanned off-road vehicles with increased autonomy the goal of DARPA project

A.I.

Video games on the hunt to build a better virtual AI teammate

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Avionics

KC-46 tanker upgrades to be accelerated by U.S. Air Force, Boeing

Unmanned

USSOCOM seeks small-business support to address capability gaps

Radar/EW

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Comms

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