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Omen: Anduril, Archer und EDGE machen Tailsitter-Drohne serienreif
Anduril und das Flugtaxiunternehmen Archer Aviation feiern die Serienreife von Omen. Parallel läuft ein Rechtsstreit zwischen Archer und Joby Aviation.

Short-range kamikaze drones are one of the fastest moving facets of the defense sector today —
The Marine Corps "Organic Precision Fires-Light" (OPF-L) program, is designed to provide dismounted Marine infantry rifle squads with a man-packable, easy-to-operate precision strike drone to engage adversaries beyond line of sight.
A recent announcement of a $23.9-million contract to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with more than 600 "Bolt-M" drones is the next phas…

Inside Anduril’s Bolt-M Kamikaze Drone Program
We go in-depth with Anduril on their machine learning-infused loitering munition that the USMC just ordered, including how they intend to produce it at scale.

As Europe rearms, Anduril is trying to break through in the UK by co-funding major programs, cutting manufacturing deals, and billing itself as "Anglo-American" (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Anduril cofounder Palmer Lucked defended the use of AI technology to make life-and-death decisions in war on Sunday.
A group of defense tech startups that includes Anduril,
along with traditional defense companies,
is developing autonomous AI weapons and tools for use in conflicts around the world,
-- worrying some who say the technology is not ready for such high-stakes environments.
"When it comes to life and death decision-making, I think that it is too …

Anduril's Palmer Luckey makes an ethical case for using AI in war: 'There is no moral high ground in using inferior technology'
For "life and death decision-making," Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey says it's "too critical" to not use the most advanced technology.

»United States of Palantir
In den USA vollzieht sich ein grundlegender Umbau des Staates. Die Hauptrolle spielen dabei Tech-Unternehmen wie Palantir und Anduril, an deren Software wichtige hoheitliche Aufgaben delegiert werden. Dieser Trend zur „Privatisierung der Souveränität“ setzt sich immer mehr auch in Europa durch«
Privatisierung ist Kapital-Diktatur! Danke @…

United States of Palantir
In den USA vollzieht sich ein grundlegender Umbau des Staates. Die Hauptrolle spielen dabei Tech-Unternehmen wie Palantir und Anduril, an deren Software wichtige hoheitliche Aufgaben delegiert werden. Dieser Trend zur „Privatisierung der Souveränität“ setzt sich immer mehr auch in Europa durch.

Sources detail how Anduril's fast-moving approach with its defense tech led to setbacks; Ukraine stopped using Anduril's Altius drones in 2024 due to problems (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/anduril…

If you are listening to the "Fulltime #Nix Podcast", maybe reconsider that choice.
https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-a…

Anduril conducts the first flight of its jet-powered unmanned drone, flying it "semi-autonomously", as the US Air Force plans swarms of unmanned jet drones (David Jeans/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace