It’s one small test for a robot, one tactical leap for robot-kind.

“They’re willing to say, ‘I’m willing to sacrifice the lives of American servicemen and women, I’m willing to take more civilian casualties … on the off chance that sometime in the future this weapon will exist.”

Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. Today, that means electronic deception.

Innovators! You have until Aug. 23 to submit white papers on how to make the future infantry squad “10 times more effective.”

The first demonstration of Carmel was held Aug. 4 before the Ministry of Defense Director General, the IDF Deputy Chief of General Staff, commander of the Ground Forces, the head of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development, and other senior defense officials.

The fact that the Defense Innovation Unit is even considering the idea of a space station in orbit is a pretty big deal — and an even bigger deal if it grows over time to accommodate a human crew.

Ground robots still lag drones, but the Army thinks both technologies are ready to field to frontline units, just at different levels.

The experimental turret will use the technology — and the safeguards — from the Army’s ATLAS project, originally misrepresented in the media as building “killer robots.”

The HASC wants an independent cost estimate on the F-35 and some detail — any detail — on the plan to replace AWACS. It’s also a little curious about robot tanks.

Time-honored principles of command get weird when you add the fundamentally alien thinking of an artificial intelligence.