Pentagon reveals 1m secretive 'autonomous tactical airborne drone' project

The Pentagon is developing its own'AI soldier drones' that can hunt down the enemy and even fly inside buildings to give military bosses a look inside. A 1m Army award, awarded through a new Pentagon tech-focused'Defense Innovation Unit Experimental' project, is for a nine-month'prototype project in the area of Autonomous Tactical Airborne Drones'. It will work with a secretive firm called Shield AI to develop the systems. One of Shield AI#'s drones in action: It can create a 3D map of a room and send it back to controllers. It is believed the units could be sent into buildings by special forces soldiers to create 3D maps, one of which is shown here.