DefenceTalkDefenceTalkMulti-domain operations, the Army’s future operating concept, requires autonomous agents with learning components to operate alongside the warfighter. New Army research reduces the unpredictability of current training reinforcement learning policies so that they are more practically applicable to physical systems, especially ground robots. These learning components will permit autonomous agents to reason and adapt to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-research-leads-to-more-effective-training-model-for-robots-76625/

U.S. Army convoys could be made safer for soldiers by implementing autonomous vehicle technology to reduce the number of service members needed to operate the vehicles, according to a new study from the RAND Corporation. “The Army is interested in autonomous technology because if they can reduce the number of soldiers needed to run a […]

Researchers integrate swarm tactics and human-swarm teaming technologies in third field experiment In its third field experiment, DARPA’s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program deployed swarms of autonomous air and ground vehicles to demonstrate a raid in an urban area. The OFFSET program envisions swarms of up to 250 collaborative autonomous systems providing critical insights to […]

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin successfully completed new tests validating the ability of driverless military-truck convoys to operate successfully and safely in a variety of environments. The second series of demonstrations of the Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) Capabilities Advancement Demonstration (CAD-2) tests were conducted at the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-demonstrate-2nd-series-of-advanced-autonomous-convoy-ops-59853/

DefenceTalkWorking closely with Lockheed Martin and a conglomeration of Army technology, acquisition and user community stakeholders, the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center successfully demonstrated an unmanned military convoy Jan. 14 at Fort Hood, Texas. From a rooftop in the Fort Hood training area, military and industry VIPs saw firsthand how the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/unmanned-vehicle-demonstration-showcases-leap-ahead-technology-59112/