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The military has deployed high-energy laser weapons around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a counter-drone shield requested by the Secret Service. The deployment is a security application of directed-energy weapons against unmanned aircraft.
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The military has deployed high-energy laser weapons around President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a counter-drone shield requested by the Secret Service. The deployment is a security application of directed-energy weapons against unmanned aircraft.
French startup Gallium Defense raised €7.1 million to develop a drone-detection radar it says could cost as little as €500,000. Separately, Leonardo DRS will support AeroVironment’s U.S. Army Enduring-High Energy Laser program with vehicle integration and power and thermal management, while LMT Defence and Thales Italia will explore counter-drone systems using mobile-network infrastructure.
As the Pentagon accelerates autonomous warfare, the formation of AUTOWARCOM could reshape who controls the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft effort. The available reporting identifies uncertainty over CCA authority but does not specify how responsibilities or program decisions would change.
Wisk Aero has opened a 100-foot-by-100-foot vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California, creating a dedicated site for vertical take-off and landing aircraft trials and autonomous flight technology. The facility advances a project previously described as under construction at the airport.
Google says it successfully ran an artificial intelligence model on a data-center-class processor aboard a satellite. The demonstration is an early milestone in the company’s effort to assess whether computing infrastructure for AI could eventually operate in space.
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