The U.S. Army has tested an AI-guided drone killer at Fort Hood, Texas, as part of Operation Condor Rebirth. The exercise demonstrated the ability of a retrofitted weapon station to kill drones in under three seconds using AI guidance. The test brought together several companies, including Moog, Echodyne, and Picogrid, to showcase the potential of existing turreted weapon stations in drone defense.
At Fort Hood, Texas, in late March, engineers and soldiers ran live fire at drones and watched a retrofitted U.S. Army weapon station kill them in under three seconds. The exercise, called Operation Condor Rebirth, brought together Moog, Echodyne, and data platform company Picogrid to demonstrate that existing turreted weapon stations, the kind already mounted […]]]>