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Gonna need a bigger boat: what the Navy does when whales go rogue
While there has indeed been an uptick in Orca interference near Spanish and Portugese waters, they are exceedingly rare.
By Sarah Sicard
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Air Force official’s musings on rogue drone targeting humans go viral
A "thought experiment" from the service that went viral highlights the possible dangers that could come from giving autonomous drones too much power.
Former VA health worker sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven patients via insulin poisoning
Investigators found multiple failings within the VA medical system that contributed to her crimes going unnoticed.
VA physician charged with sexually assaulting fellow staffers
The criminal case is the latest scandal for the VA hospital in West Virginia.
Pentagon to pit AI against human pilots in live fighter trials
Still, the Defense Department is likely years away from AI-controlled fighters seeing combat.
By Aaron Mehta and Andrew Eversden
US Navy sends warship near disputed islands a day after China’s ’carrier killer’ missile test
The guided-missile destroyer Mustin “asserted navigational rights and freedoms" in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands.
Report: China test-fires ‘carrier killer’ missile in disputed sea
China’s military test-fired two missiles into the South China Sea, including a “carrier killer” military analysts suggest might have been developed to attack U.S. forces, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Op-ed: Stop the rise of autonomous weapons
Our ever-growing appetite for intelligent, autonomous machines poses a host of ethical challenges.
By Christoffer Heckman, University of Colorado Boulder
Nobel laureate wants to kill off killer robots
In mid-November the parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons will begin meeting in Geneva and they could start talks over limiting lethal artificial intelligence devices.
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Navy serial killer dies on death row
Anthony McKnight was an enlisted sailor stationed at the Alameda Naval Air Station since 1982 when he was arrested four years later for a string of ghastly crimes.
Navy sub killer will wage war on wildfires
The privately owned twin-engine recently arrived from the Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum.
By Michael Stavola, The Hutchinson News