A look at the setbacks facing the US DOD's Replicator program that seeks to quickly produce low-cost drones and other autonomous weapons to counter China
here's why it matters for drone pilots Haye Kesteloo / DroneXL.co : DJI Loses Major Pentagon Lawsuit in Sweeping Defeat X: Alex Plitsas / @alexplitsas : SOCOM given the mission to finish acquiring autonomous systems and associated software to counter China with a two year deadline. https://www.wsj.com/... Shashank Joshi / @shashj : “The Pentagon has also struggled to find software that can successfully control large numbers of drones, made by different companies, working in coordination to find and potentially strike a target-a key to making the Replicator vision work.” https://www.wsj.com/... Bluesky: Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : “Those involved in Replicator offer different reasons for the delays, but say the effort has largely been a success.” — www.wsj.com/politics/nat... Forums: r/technology : U.S. Military Is Struggling to Deploy AI Weapons r/LessCredibleDefence : U.S. Military Is Struggling to Deploy AI Weapons | The work is being shifted to a new organization, called DAWG, to accelerate plans to buy thousands of drones r/politics : U.S. Military Is Struggling to Deploy AI Weapons