In Focus Advanced Weapons Technology Archives - Breaking Defense https://breakingdefense.com/tag/in-focus-advanced-weapons-technology/ Defense industry news, analysis and commentary Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:18:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 White House wants to hold big tech accountable in new artificial intelligence ‘blueprint’ https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/white-house-wants-to-hold-big-tech-accountable-in-new-artificial-intelligence-blueprint/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 17:42:25 +0000 https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/?p=247084 Abstract digital human face

The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights can inform the implementation of DoD’s AI Ethical Principles and Responsible AI Implementation Pathway “where feasible,” according to the White House.

]]> AFSOC AC-130J gunship to fire laser weapon in flight test in 2023 https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/afsoc-ac-130j-gunship-to-fire-laser-weapon-in-flight-test-in-2023/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:43:48 +0000 https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/?p=245932 AC-130J GHOSTRIDER VISITS JAPAN

Flight demos will take place in summer or fall 2023, but it remains unclear whether development will turn into a bonafide program of record.

]]> The ‘Kinetic Pendulum’: How the Army wants to defeat drone threats https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/the-kinetic-pendulum-how-the-army-wants-to-defeat-drone-threats/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:02:55 +0000 https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/?p=243001 South Korea-based Short Range Air Defense Battery Integrates Counter-UAS into Core Competencies

Advanced capabilities, like lasers and high-power microwave, will have to work in tandem with bullets or jamming to defeat drones threats as they evolve.

]]> No longer science & technology projects, high-energy laser weapons are now operational https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/no-longer-science-technology-projects-high-energy-laser-weapons-are-now-operational/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:54:28 +0000 https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/?p=243406 50 kil

[Sponsored] Asymmetric threats addressed by high-energy lasers include small-to-midsize Group 1, 2, and 3 drones, along with rockets, artillery, and mortars.

]]> With new systems on the horizon, one Army depot plans its own modernization https://breakingdefense.com/2022/09/how-one-army-depot-is-racing-the-services-high-tech-modernization-with-its-own/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 18:01:47 +0000 https://breakingdefense.sites.breakingmedia.com/?p=241903 ERCA Prototype at LEAD

“If we wait until a system goes into a sustainment cycle for us to be able to tool up and facilities up, it’s way too late,”  Letterkenny Army Depot’s Kate Williams told Breaking Defense.

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