NixCon drops AI war drone maker Anduril as a sponsor
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The Register UK ☛ NixCon drops AI war drone maker Anduril as a sponsor
On Monday, the organizers of NixCon, which celebrates the NixOS Linux distribution, welcomed Anduril Industries as a sponsor of the event.
The following day, after that commercial deal was questioned in a NixOS discussion forum, the event organizers rejected Anduril's sponsorship, citing community concerns about accepting funds from a defense contractor.
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C4ISRNET ☛ Anduril lands $250 million Pentagon contract for drone defense system
The firm is already on a 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $1 billion with U.S. Special Operations Command to supply counter-drone hardware and software, but the spokesperson would not confirm whether the new business is part of its SOCOM award.
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Wired ☛ Anduril Is Building Out the Pentagon’s Dream of Deadly Drone Swarms
The US Air Force wants the new CCA drones to be more capable and more independent than existing uncrewed craft, which still depend heavily on ground staff. They are envisioned performing a wide range of missions, including reconnaissance, air strikes, and electronic warfare—either alone or in collaboration with aircraft piloted by a human or autonomously. A core part of the program is developing new artificial intelligence software to control the aircraft that can operate autonomously in a wider range of situations than existing military systems, which are typically autonomous only in narrow circumstances.