A US startup, Tycho.AI, successfully intercepted a replica of the Iranian-designed Shahed-type drone using a small, high-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft during a US military test event in Indiana. The test demonstrated the potential of low-cost, autonomous drones in counter-drone operations. The technology has implications for US military AI policy and defense strategies against drone threats
A Cambridge-based AI startup successfully intercepted a replica of the Iranian-designed Shahed-type long-range one-way attack drone in mid-air during a U.S. military test event in Indiana earlier this month, using a small, high-speed vertical take-off and landing aircraft that can be built at low cost and operated without a persistent communications link. Tycho.AI’s Halley Group […]]]>