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Naval Air Systems Command has launched a new effort to integrate an artificial intelligence-enabled pilot with one of its aerial targets, laying the foundation for the service’s plans to introduce autonomous flight capabilities into its aviation fleet.
The Navy this week announced that it awarded a contract to Shield AI that will allow the company to integrate its AI pilot — dubbed Hivemind — onto the service’s BQM-177A subsonic aerial target.
The Navy fired the commanding officer of the USS John S. McCain for what it termed “a loss of confidence in his ability to command the guided-missile destroyer.”
Cmdr. Cameron Yaste, who has commanded the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer since October 2023, was relieved of command during its current deployment in the Middle East, where it has been operating since April while assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
No details were available on why Yaste was removed from command.
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Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore claimed Thursday that it was “an honest mistake” when he lied about being a prestigious Bronze Star recipient on a 2006 White House fellowship application.
Moore, who was 27 years old when he applied for the White House position, blamed his Army superiors for the inclusion of the falsehood on the application and said he never corrected the mistake because he was eager to “begin the next phase” of his life, in a statement released after the New York Times reported on the embellishment.
Joseph Trevithick, WarZone
The first publicly known example of the Model 437 drone emerged earlier this month with a notable design change, a cockpit.
Providence
In his debut column for The Free Press, Niall Ferguson highlights some of the challenges currently facing the United States.
R. Grant, RCD
Spoiler alert: if you haven’t been following the Navy’s plans this summer to buy a new jet trainer for carrier pilots, a big change is coming.
NatDefMag
Just like the terrestrial combatant commands, Space Command needs better ways to maneuver and prosecute targets in its area of responsibility, and emerging technologies such as…
Bloomberg
The Pentagon is withholding $5 million from Lockheed Martin Corp.
The acquisition of the AH-64E Apache platform will see the British Army remove the older D models from service by the end of 2024.