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The government has cancelled a multimillion-dollar contract with the university department it commissioned to devise ethical rules for "killer robots" deployed alongside Australian soldiers and fighter pilots in war. The University of NSW in Canberra was working on how artificially intelligent machines capable of deciding when to use lethal force should be programmed so they wouldn't commit atrocities.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems recently announced some of the new capabilities that have been tested for the MQ-9 Reaper (in particular, the MQ-9A Block 5) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in the last months of 2020. Among all the tests, one of the most interesting is undoubtedly the newly developed Self-Protection Pod (SPP) that could be a first for an unmanned aircraft.
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Drone40, an Australian-developed expendable loitering munition, will see operational use in Mali with the British Army’s Royal Anglian regiment. The drone, which is roughly the size of a standard 40mm low velocity grenade, will likely be used in a reconnaissance role. It will also be deployed to Poland for an exercise. Drone40 was first exhibited at Army Innovation Day 2016 and DefendTex subsequently received a Defence Innovation Contract to fund its development.
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Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded a consortium, or ARGE, consisting of MBDA Deutschland GmbH and Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environment.
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Sikorsky-Boeing team has unveiled Defiant X, its design proposal for the US Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) programme. The helicopter has a rigid coaxial rotor system and pusher propeller and thus is almost identical to its demonstrator predecessor, the SB-1 Defiant. However, some small changes to the production model’s configuration are planned, Sikorsky and Boeing said in a 22 January interview.
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Australia’s Department of Defence has delayed its exit from Global Switch’s Sydney-based data center by up to five years. The DoD first made plans to make exit the Sydney facility into its own data center in 2017, saying there was a security risk after Chinese steel giant Shagang made its first investment in Global Switch. The original plan – estimated to cost AU$200m – was to leave by the time the contract expired in 2020.
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We don't know exactly why Malcolm Turnbull's government chose the French to build 12 submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. But the most expensive military contract in the nation's history seems to have been determined by sound.
The French proposal for what may be the largest non-nuclear submarine ever had one crucial advantage over similarly priced competitors:
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WASHINGTON — The world’s two largest defense companies have joined a growing number of American industrial titans pausing their political donations after Lockheed Martin and Boeing announced Wednesday they would halt contributions following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. capitol. A third major defense contractor, BAE Systems, also announced Wednesday that it was pausing political spending in the U.S.
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Defence’s contract with Spain’s Navantia S.A. has reached a major milestone with Ship Acceptance of the Royal Australian Navy’s First Supply-class vessel, NUSHIP Supply. Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC was pleased to announce the formal acceptance of the Auxiliary Oilier Replenishment (AOR) ship, NUSHIP Supply from Spanish shipbuilder, Navantia S.A.
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