New drone has no pilot anywhere, so who’s accountable? The Navy is testing an autonomous plane that will land on an aircraft carrier. The prospect of heavily armed aircraft screaming through the skies without direct human control is unnerving to many.
Photo: The X-47B drone. Credit: Chad Slattery, Northrop Grumman
Awesome!
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
Awaiting takeoff in the plane that will bring them home…
(via onlyeasydaywasyesterday)
Throwable Robots Act as Smart Grenades
Soldiers facing a building full of bad guys can now toss in a grenade, drive it to their hiding spot and detonate the explosive all via remote control.
South Korean defense forces are using a new “smart grenade” built by Hanwha Corp. that turns hand-to-hand combat into a game of high-explosives hot potato.
(via ifieverstray)
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